- Roger de Beauvoir
Roger de Beauvoir (
November 8 ,1806 -August 27 ,1866 ) was thepen name of French Romantic novelist and playwright Eugène Auguste Roger de Bully (sometimes reported as Édouard Roger de Bully). His wit, good-looks and adventurous lifestyle made him well-known inParis , where he was a friend ofAlexandre Dumas, père . Of independent means, he wed actress and authorLéocadie Doze in 1847. He was imprisoned for three months and fined 500 francs for a satirical poem, "Mon Procs", written in 1849. Afflicted withgout and nearly destitute from his flamboyant lifestyle, he spent the last few years of his life unhappily confined to a chair, dying inParis . His best-known works included "Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges " (1840), "Les Oeufs de Paques" (1856) and "Le Pauvre Diable" (reprinted 1871).Bibliography
* "La Cape et l'Épée"
* "Histoires cavalières"
* "Duels et duellistes"
* "Le Chevalier de Saint-George" (novel and play)
* "L'Écolier de Cluny"
* "Les Soirs au Lido"
* "Les Oeufs de Paques"
* "Le Café Procope"
* "L'Auberge des Trois Pins"
* "Les Soupeurs de mon temps"
* "La Lescombat"
* "Les Aventurieres"
* "Le Pauvre Diable"
* "Colombes et couleuvres", etc.External links
* [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Roger_De_Beauvoir Roger de Beauvoir in the 1911 Britannica Encyclopedia]
* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/catalog.php?Mod=i&Titre=&FondsTout=on&FondsTxt=on&FondsImp=on&FondsPer=on&Fonds]
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