Fortuné du Boisgobey | |
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Born | Fortuné Hippolyte Auguste Castille 11 September 1821 Granville, France |
Died | Paris, France | 26 February 1891 (age 69)
Occupation | Novelist |
Genre | Crime fiction, Detective fiction, Historical fiction, Sensation novel |
Notable works | The Convict Colonel, The Chevalier Casse-Cou, The Old Age of Monsieur Lecoq, An Omnibus Mystery,The Severed Hand |
Fortuné Hippolyte Auguste Abraham-Dubois (11 September 1821 – 26 February 1891), under the nom de plume Fortuné du Boisgobey, was a French novelist.
Fortuné du Boisgobey was born at Granville ( Manche), and graduated from the Lycée Saint-Louis. [1] He served as paymaster to the Army of Africa through several campaigns in Algeria from 1844 to 1848. [2] His parents were wealthy, yet at forty or upwards, he took to writing. [1]
In 1843, using the name Fortuné Abraham-Dubois, he made his literary debut in the Journal d'Avranches with a series entitled Lettres de Sicile recounting a voyage he had taken the year before. [3] His first successful novel, Les Deux comédiens appeared in 1868, under the du Boisgobey pen name in the Petit Journal. [4] The story was popular, and M. Paul Dalloz of the Petit Moniteur signed a contract with the author for seven years at 12,000ƒ a year. [1] His reputation was increased by the publication of Une Affaire mystérieuse and Le Forçat colonel, both published there in 1869. [4] In 1877, Figaro engaged him for a series of novels, which increased the success of that paper. [1] He was prolific, with more than sixty works to his name, and became one of the most popular feuilleton writers. [2] In 1885 and 1886 he was President of the Committee of the Société des gens de lettres. [4] Du Boisgobey died in 1891 after a long illness.
Du Boisgobey was the chief of the followers of Émile Gaboriau, with whom his name is generally associated. [4] He even wrote a sequel, La Vieillesse de M. Lecoq, using Gaboriau's character Monsieur Lecoq in 1877–78. [5] His novels deal with crime, the police, and Parisian life. They had a high circulation, and the greater part of them have been translated into English.
English translations exist for the following works.
Fortuné du Boisgobey | |
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Born | Fortuné Hippolyte Auguste Castille 11 September 1821 Granville, France |
Died | Paris, France | 26 February 1891 (age 69)
Occupation | Novelist |
Genre | Crime fiction, Detective fiction, Historical fiction, Sensation novel |
Notable works | The Convict Colonel, The Chevalier Casse-Cou, The Old Age of Monsieur Lecoq, An Omnibus Mystery,The Severed Hand |
Fortuné Hippolyte Auguste Abraham-Dubois (11 September 1821 – 26 February 1891), under the nom de plume Fortuné du Boisgobey, was a French novelist.
Fortuné du Boisgobey was born at Granville ( Manche), and graduated from the Lycée Saint-Louis. [1] He served as paymaster to the Army of Africa through several campaigns in Algeria from 1844 to 1848. [2] His parents were wealthy, yet at forty or upwards, he took to writing. [1]
In 1843, using the name Fortuné Abraham-Dubois, he made his literary debut in the Journal d'Avranches with a series entitled Lettres de Sicile recounting a voyage he had taken the year before. [3] His first successful novel, Les Deux comédiens appeared in 1868, under the du Boisgobey pen name in the Petit Journal. [4] The story was popular, and M. Paul Dalloz of the Petit Moniteur signed a contract with the author for seven years at 12,000ƒ a year. [1] His reputation was increased by the publication of Une Affaire mystérieuse and Le Forçat colonel, both published there in 1869. [4] In 1877, Figaro engaged him for a series of novels, which increased the success of that paper. [1] He was prolific, with more than sixty works to his name, and became one of the most popular feuilleton writers. [2] In 1885 and 1886 he was President of the Committee of the Société des gens de lettres. [4] Du Boisgobey died in 1891 after a long illness.
Du Boisgobey was the chief of the followers of Émile Gaboriau, with whom his name is generally associated. [4] He even wrote a sequel, La Vieillesse de M. Lecoq, using Gaboriau's character Monsieur Lecoq in 1877–78. [5] His novels deal with crime, the police, and Parisian life. They had a high circulation, and the greater part of them have been translated into English.
English translations exist for the following works.