Alfred Masson-Forestier

Alfred Masson-Forestier (1852-1912) was a French writer, born at Havre. He studied law and from 1884 to 1899 practiced his profession at Rouen. After 1899 Masson-Fortier settled in Paris and devoted all his time to literature, contributing to the "Revue des deux Mondes", "Temps", "La Revue", etc. His stories, usually short and sober in content , are reminiscent of Merime and Maupassant. He wrote:
* "Difficile devoir" (1879)
* "Pour une signature, etc." (1892)
* "La jambe coupée, etc." (1894)
* "Remords d'avocat" (1896), crowned by the French Academy
* "Angoisses de juge, etc." (1898)
* "Unje flambée d'amour" (1900)
* "A méme la vie" (1901)
* "L'Attaque nocturne" (1903)

Among his dramas may be mentioned:
* "Médecin de campagne" (1901)
* "Attaque Nocturne" (1905), with A. de Lorde
* "Baraterie" (1905)
* "Le droit du père" (1907), with J. Monnier

The last years of his life were spent in a study of Racine and he published in 1911 "Autour d'un Racine ignoré".

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