Octave Feuillet (1821–1890)
Author of Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre
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Works by Octave Feuillet
Taiteilijan kunniasana 2 copies
Romance de um jovem pobre 2 copies
Romanzo di un giovane povero 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1821-08-11
- Date of death
- 1890-12-29
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Places of residence
- Saint-Lô, France (birthplace)
Paris, France - Occupations
- novelist
playwright - Organizations
- Académie française (1862)
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Statistics
- Works
- 28
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 109
- Popularity
- #178,011
- Rating
- 2.8
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 59
- Languages
- 3
And here we have an ailing old man, his widowed D-I-L, her seemingly proud - but lovely- daughter Marguerite...nd a few hangers-on;...a wealthy playboy who's after Marguerite, a bitter young governess who's after Maxime...and a sweet old family friend who spends her final years pursuing a vain court-case over her family estate in Spain...and daydreaming over the cathedral she'll build when the money comes through...
As the introduction by translator Henry Harland says, there is something fairy-tale like about the whole story - the prince disguised as a woodcutter, the haughty princess, the good magician (M Laubepin) and the fairy godmother (Mlle de Porhoet). Hardships are overcome; empty pockets are filled with bags of gold...
Not a must-read but OK..… (more)