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Paul Féval
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French novelist and dramatist 1817-1887
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Paul Henry Corentin Féval was a French writer, playwright, novelist, and lawyer. Born in 1817 at the Hôtel de Blossac, he was educated at the University of Rennes and wrote in French. His notable works include *Le Bossu*, *Le maçon de Notre-Dame*, *Les tribunaux secrets*, *Les contes de nos pères*, *Jesuitas*, and *Valentina a Roc'han*. He also wrote under the pseudonyms sir Francis Trolopp, Daniel Sol, and Francis Trolopp.
Féval died in 1887 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris and was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. He was a member of the Catholic Church and suffered from hemiplegia. He had eight children, one of whom was also named Paul Féval. His works have been described in sources such as the *Svensk uppslagsbok*, *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *The Catholic Encyclopedia*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1817
- Died
- 1887
- Works
- 111
Top works
- Le maçon de Notre-Dame
- Les tribunaux secrets
- Les contes de nos pères
- Jesuitas
- Valentina a Roc'han
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 4
Paul Henri Corentin Féval, père (30 September 1816 - 8 March 1887) was a French novelist and dramatist. He was the author of popular swashbuckler novels such as Le Loup Blanc (1843) and the perennial best-seller Le Bossu (1857). He also penned the seminal vampire fiction novels Le Chevalier Ténèbre (1860), La Vampire (1865) and La Ville Vampire (1874) and wrote several celebrated novels about his native Brittany and Mont Saint-Michel such as La Fée des Grèves (1850). <a href="https://www.last.fm
Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1816-09-29 ) 29 September 1816, Rennes , France
- Died
- 8 March 1887 (1887-03-08) (aged 70), Paris , France
- Occupation
- Novelist, dramatist
- Genre
- Historical fiction , crime fiction , fantastic fiction
- Children
- 8, including Paul Féval, fils
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Corentin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Hôtel de Blossac
- Place of death
- 7th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Educated at
- University of Rennes
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Paul Féval père.jpg
- Number of children
- 8
- Political ideology
- royalism
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- Commons category
- Paul Féval (père)
- date of birth
- 1817-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Paul Féval (père)
- pseudonym
- Francis Trolopp
- birth name
- Paul Henry Corentin Féval
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- medical condition
- hemiplegia
- Commons Creator page
- Paul Féval
- name in native language
- Paul Féval
- writing language
- French
- different from
- Paul Féval
- date of death
- 1887-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Paul Féval, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Pariser Liebschaften, 1/3
Le capitane Simon ; La fille de l'émigré
Les mystères de Londres
Los misterios de Londres
Los misterios de Londres
Los misterios de Londres
Los misterios de Londres
El Lobo blanco
El hijo del diablo
El hijo del diablo
El hijo del diablo
El hijo del diablo
El hijo del diablo
Los amores de París
Los amores de París
La Pécheresse
El hijo del diablo
Rolando pié de Hierro
Les amours de Paris
Der eiserne Mann. von Paul Féval ; Nach dem franz. Manuscripte von Anton Langer. 3
Frère Tranquille : (anciennement "Duchesse de Nemours.")
A Fekete Brigád
Londoner Mysterien : ein Sittengemälde, 17/19
Pariser Liebschaften, 7/11
Der eiserne Mann. von Paul Féval ; Nach dem franz. Manuscripte von Anton Langer. 1
Il libro dei misteri o la sorella dei fantasmi romanzo. di Paolo Féval
Pariser Liebschaften, 4/6
Das Paradies der Frauen. von Paul Féval ; Aus dem Franz. übers. von Dr. G. F. W. Rödiger. 4
Der Gaukler. Roman. von Paul Féval. 3
Isabella degli Armagnacchi. 4
Der eiserne Mann. von Paul Féval ; Nach dem franz. Manuscripte von Anton Langer. 2
Die lieben Anverwandten. Deutsch von Max Stein. 2
Les mystères de Londres, ou les gentilshommes de la nuit. drame en cinq actes et dix tableaux. par Paul Féval
Gli spadaccini del re ovvero il misterioso monaco. di Paolo Féval. Prima traduzione italiana di Giovanni Didoni. 1
Der Bucklige
Mauvais coeur. drame en cinq actes et sept tableaux, précédé de La femme du corsaire, prologue .... par Paul Féval
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Paul Henri Corentin Féval, père (29 September 1816 - 8 March 1887) was a French novelist and dramatist.
He was the author of popular swashbuckler novels such as Le Loup blanc (1843) and the perennial best-seller Le Bossu (1857). He also penned the seminal vampire fiction novels Le Chevalier Ténèbre (1860), La Vampire (1865) and La Ville Vampire (1874) and wrote several celebrated novels about his native Brittany and Mont Saint-Michel such as La Fée des Grèves (1850).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Féval” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.