Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret
Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret (16 December 1742, La Rochelle – 27 June 1823, Paris) was an 18th–19th-century French man of letters. He is the author of over one hundred forty volumes covering the most diverse subjects and in all genres: serious and facetious poems, dramas, parodies, historical compilations, political writings, collections of anas, epistolary novels, novels, memoirs. He is best known for his involvement with Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, whom he met on his arrival in Paris in 1766.
Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret

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- Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret was born on 16 December 1742. · La Rochelle.
- Died
- Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret died on 27 June 1823. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- poet, playwright, book printer, publisher, editor and writer.
- Languages
- French.
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Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret (16 December 1742, La Rochelle – 27 June 1823, Paris) was an 18th–19th-century French man of letters. He is the author of over one hundred forty volumes covering the most diverse subjects and in all genres: serious and facetious poems, dramas, parodies, historical compilations, political writings, collections of anas, epistolary novels, novels, memoirs. He is best known for his involvement with Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, whom he met on his arrival in Paris in 1766.
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He died 27 June 1823 in Paris, at 4 rue d'Assas, aged eighty.
The works of this poet, novelist, playwright, and author include: • written between 1758 and 1763: La famille en désordre, parody of Le Père de famille by Denis Diderot • 1763–1766: Lucette ou les Progrès du libertinage, novel (Paris, 6 vol. in-18°) • 1765: La Capucinade, very licenciouos novel, in-12°) • 1769: Ainsi va le monde, ou les jolis péchés d’une marchande de mode, novel (Paris, in-12°, several reprints.) • 1769: De l'art du théâtre en général (2 vol. in-12°) • 1771: Les Mille et une Folies, tales (Paris, 4 vol. in-12°) • 1773: Almanach forain, ou les différens Spectacles des Boulevards et des Foires de Paris 1773 • 1775: Les Astuces de Paris, anecdotes parisiennes • 1777: Le Vidangeur sensible, three-act drama • 1777: La Paysanne pervertie, ou Mœurs des grandes villes • 1777: Suzette et Perrin ou les Dangers du libertinage • 1779: Les Faiblesses d'une jolie femme • 1779: Éloge de Voltaire, poem • 1781: Les Sottises et les Folies parisiennes • 1785: Les Dangers de la sympathie: Lettres de Henriette de Belval, au Baron de Luzi, & de différentes personnes qui ont eu part aux principaux évènemens de sa vie • 1787: Historiettes du jour, ou Paris tel qu'il est • 1776–1791: Anecdotes du règne de Louis XVI, 6 vol. in-12°) • 1797: Histoire des prisons de Paris et des départements, 4. vol. in-12°) • 1802: Sémiramis, tragédie lyrique in three acts • 1802: Les Mœurs du temps, ou Mémoires de Rosalie de Terval, novel, 4 vol. in-12°) • 1807: Histoire du donjon et du château de Vincennes, 3 vol. in-8° • 1808: Anecdotes militaires de tous les peuples, 4 vol, in-8°) • 1810: Les Enfants célèbres, 2 vol. in-12°) • 1811: Beautés de l’histoire d’Angleterre, in-12°), d’Allemagne 1812, in-12°), de Pologne 1814, in-12°), d’Espagne 1814°, in-12°), de Suède (1817), de Paris (1820, in-12°), du règne des Bourbons (1822, in-12°), de l’Histoire ecclésiastique 1822, in-12°), de l'histoire des États-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale1824, etc.
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1742
Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret was born on 16 December 1742.
1823
Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret died on 27 June 1823.
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- 1.Jean Sgard, Dictionnaire des journalistes, 1600-1789, Voltaire Foundation, 1999, vol. 2, 1112 pages, .
- 2.harvsp id=Havard texte=Philippe Havard de la Montagne (2007) p=228 .
- 3.Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, Pierre Testud (éd.). Monsieur Nicolas. Gallimard. 2. 1136-1140, note 11, and 1141-1142, notes 3 and 4. 1989.
- 4.harvsp id=Havard texte=Philippe Havard de la Montagne (2007) p=232 .
- 5.Paul Montarlot. Les Accusés de Saône-et-Loire aux tribunaux révolutionnaires (suite). Mémoires de la Société Éduenne. 27. Autun. Société Éduenne des Lettres, Sciences et Arts. 1899. 117-142.
- 6.Charles-Louis Chassin. La préparation de la guerre de Vendée, 1789-1793. Imprimerie de P. Dupont. 3. 166-171. 1892.
- 7.harvsp Havard de la Montagne 2007 p=251 .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- François-Xavier Feller. Dictionnaire historique. L. Lefort. IX. 535. 1832.
- François-Joseph Fétis. Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. Firmin Didot, frères, fils & Cie. VI. 333. 1867.
- Havard de la Montagne, Philippe. De l'amitié à la haine : Rétif et Nougaret. Études Rétiviennes. Société Rétif de la Bretonne. 39. 2007.
- Ferdinand Hoefer (dir.). Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. Firmin Didot frères. 314–317. 1866.
- Pierre-Damien Rainguet. Biographie saintongeoise. 424–428. 1831.
- Dietmar Rieger. Dynamique sociale et formes littéraires: De la société de cour à la misère des grandes villes. Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen, Études littéraires françaises. 57–66. 1997. 9783823346173.
- Gustave Vapereau. Dictionnaire universel des littératures. Hachette. 1494. 1876.
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