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To most American readers of fiction M. Ludovic Halévy is known chiefly, if not solely, as the author of that most charming of French novels, The Abbé Constantin. The novel had the rare good fortune of pleasing at once the broad public of indiscriminate readers of fiction and the narrower circle of real lovers of literature. Halévy had a very real gift -- and this collection, like The Abbé Constantin -- shows it in full flower.
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About the Author:
Ludovic Halévy (1834 - 1908) was a French author and playwright. In 1865, Ludovic Halévy's increasing popularity as an author enabled him to retire from the public service. Ten years earlier, he had become acquainted with the musician Offenbach, who was about to start a small theatre of his own in the Champs-Élysées and he wrote a sort of prologue, Entrez, messieurs, mesdames, for the opening night. Other little productions followed, Ba-ta-clan being the most noticeable among them. They were produced under the pseudonym of Jules Servières. The name of Ludovic Halévy appeared for the first time on the bills on 1 January 1856. Soon afterwards, the unprecedented run of Orphée aux enfers, a musical parody, written in collaboration with Hector Crémieux, made his name famous. In the spring of 1860, he was commissioned to write a play for the manager of the Variétés in conjunction with another vaudevillist, Lambert-Thiboust.
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- PublisherAlan Rodgers Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1603129707
- ISBN 13 9781603129701
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages108
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