Auguste Arnould
Auguste Jean François Arnould (29 April 1803 – 8 March 1854) was a French poet, playwright, historian, novelist and essayist of the first half of the 19th century. He first studied law to become a lawyer but did not feel the vocation and preferred to devote himself to literature. His plays were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Comédie-Française etc.
Auguste Arnould
- Name
- Auguste Jean François Arnould
- Born
- 29 April 1803
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Died
- 8 March 1854
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- Poet, playwright, historian, novelist and essayist
- Spouse
- Jeanne Sylvanie Arnould-Plessy
- Full name
- Auguste Jean François Arnould.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- literature, opinion journalism and history.
- Languages
- French.
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Auguste Jean François Arnould (29 April 1803 – 8 March 1854) was a French poet, playwright, historian, novelist and essayist of the first half of the 19th century. He first studied law to become a lawyer but did not feel the vocation and preferred to devote himself to literature. His plays were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Comédie-Française etc.
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Auguste Arnould (1803–1854) was a French historian, opinion journalist and playwright, among other activities. Born Auguste Jean François Arnould in Paris, the historian died in Saint Petersburg. Auguste Arnould was active in history, literature and opinion journalism. Languages used include French.
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Married to the actress Jeanne Sylvanie Arnould-Plessy of the Comédie française, He died in Saint Petersburg, where he had accompanied her on a tour.
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• Name — Auguste Jean François Arnould • Born — 29 April 1803 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 8 March 1854 • Place of death — Saint Petersburg • Occupation — Poet, playwright, historian, novelist and essayist • Spouse — Jeanne Sylvanie Arnould-Plessy
Theatre
Theatre
• 1829: La Vieille fille et la jeune veuve, comedy in 1 act and in verses, with Narcisse Fournier • 1831: L'homme au masque de fer, drama in 5 acts and in prose, with Fournier • 1831: La poupée ou l'Écolier en bonne fortune, comedy mingled with couplets, with Fournier • 1831: Les Secrets de cour, comédie anecdotique in 1 act and in prose, with Fournier • 1831: La Sœur cadette, comedy in 1 act, in verses, with Fournier • 1831: Catherine II, comedy in 3 acts and in prose, with Lockroy • 1832: La Rente viagère, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier • 1832: Un mariage corse, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Lockroy and Fournier • 1833: C'est encore du bonheur ou Le prédestiné, comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Lockroy • 1834: L'Interprète, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier • 1834: Un Mariage à rompre, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier • 1835: Les deux reines, opéra comique in 1 act, with Frédéric Soulié • 1836: Le frère de Piron, comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with Lockroy • 1836: Les Jours gras sous Charles IX, historical drama in 3 acts, with Lockroy • 1837: La vieillesse d'un grand roi, drama in 3 acts, with Lockroy • 1837: Huit ans de plus, drama in 3 acts, with Fournier • 1838: Les suites d'une faute, drama in 5 acts, in prose, with Fournier • 1839: Claude Stocq, drama in 4 acts, preceded by prologue, with Fournier • 1840: Un secret, drama in 3 acts, mingled with couplets, with Fournier • 1841: La fête des fous, drama in 5 acts, with Fournier • 1841: Le Dérivatif, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets • 1841: La Maschera, opéra comique in 2 acts • 1842: Les Fiancées d'Herbesheim, with Lockroy • 1843: L'Extase, comedy in 3 acts, mingled with song, with Lockroy and Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche • 1844: Un Amant malheureux, comédie-vaudeville en 2 acts • 1845: Une Bonne Réputation, comedy in 1 act, in prose • 1845: Le Droit d'aînesse, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier • 1867: Les Ruines du Château noir, drama in 9 tableaux, including a prologue, with Fournier and Henri Horace Meyer, (posthumous)
History
History
• 1833: Struensée, ou La reine et le favori, 2 vol. • 1835: Alexis Petrowitch (histoire russe de 1715 à 1718), with N. Fournier • 1839-1840: Crimes célèbres, 8 vol., with Alexandre Dumas, Pier-Angelo Fiorentino, Narcisse Fournier and Félicien Mallefille • 1841: Fille, femme et veuve • 1841: Adèle Launay • 1844: Histoire de la Bastille depuis sa fondation (1374) jusqu'à sa destruction (1789), with Auguste Maquet and Jules-Édouard Alboize de Pujol • 1849: Les Jésuites depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours, histoire, types, mœurs, mystères • 1854: Jeanne de Naples
Poetry
Poetry
• 1838: A la belle étoile • 1840: Hégésippe Moreau. Le Myosotis • 1842: La roue de fortune
Novels
Novels
• 1840: La Mère-folle • 1844: Les Trois aveugles, with Alexandre de Lavergne • 1847: Tout chemin mène à Rome, with de Lavergne • 1849: Une lettre anonyme
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Ferdinand Natanael Staaff, La littérature française: depuis la formation de la langue, 1869,
- Alfred Louis Edmond Vallettee, Mercure de France, vol.247, 1933,
- John Armstrong Sellards, Dans le sillage du romantisme: Charles Didier (1805-1864), 1933,
- Philippe Boitel, Les Français qui ont fait la France, 2009,
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