André Theuriet

For his grandson and French athlete, see André Theuriet (athlete).

André Theuriet by
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1878)

Claude Adhémar André Theuriet (French: [ɑ̃dʁe tøʁjɛ]; 8 October 1833 – 23 April 1907) was a 19th-century French poet and novelist.

Life

Theuriet was born at Marly-le-Roi (Seine et Oise), and was educated at Bar-le-Duc in his mother's province of Lorraine.

Theuriet studied law in Paris and joined the public service, attaining the rank of chef de bureau, before his retirement during 1886. He published during 1867 the Chemin des bois, a volume of poems, many of which had been published already in the Revue des Deux Mondes; Le bleu et le noir, poèmes de la vie réelle (1874), Nos oiseaux (1886), and other volumes followed.

M. Theuriet gives natural, simple description of rustic and especially of woodland life, and Théophile Gautier compared him to Shakespeare's Jaques of the forest of Arden. The best of his novels are those that deal with provincial and country life. Theuriet received during 1890 the prix Vitet from the Académie française, of which he became a member during 1896.

Death and legacy

He died in Bourg-la-Reine, on 23 April 1907, and was succeeded at the Academy by Jean Richepin.

He was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur during 1879, and was made an Officier de la Légion d'honneur during 1895.

His grandson André Theuriet became a versatile sportsman mostly known as an international rugby union player and swimmer.

Works

• Le Mariage de Gérard (1875)
• Raymonde (1877)
• Le Fils Maugars (1879)
• La Maison des Deux Barbeaux (1879)
• Sauvageonne (1880)
• L'Amoureux de la Préfète (1889)
• Le Bracelet de Turquoises (1890)
• L'Oncle Scipion (1890)
• Reine des Bois (1890)
• Charme Dangereux (1891)
• L'Abbé Daniel (1893)
• La Chanoinesse 1789-1793 (1893)
• Rose-Lise (1895)
• Cœurs Meurtris (1896)
• Boisfleury (1897)
• Dorine (1899)
• Villa Tranquille (1899)
• Le Manuscrit du Chanoine (1902)
• L'Oncle Flo (1906)

Translated into English

• Gérard's Marriage (1877)
• The Godson of a Marquis (1878)
• Raymonde: A Tale (1878)
• The House of the Two Barbels (1878)
• Angèle's Fortune (1879)
• Song Birds and Seasons (1888)
• "A Deputy Governor's Wooing." In: Short Stories, Vol. V (1891; translated by Isabel Smithson)
• "La Bretonne." In: Short Stories, Vol. IX (1891; translated by E.C. Waggener)
  • "La Bretonne." In: Transatlantic Tales, Vol. XXXI (1906)
• "An Easter Idyl." In: Short Stories, Vol. IX (1892; translated by E.C. Waggener)
• A Young Man of the Period (1892)
• Jules Bastien-Lepage and His Art (1892)
• "At the Three Pigeons." In: Romance, Vol. VII (1892)
• My Uncle Scipio (1893)
• "Auricula." In: Short Stories, Vol.XIV (1893; translated by Edith Duff)
• The Abbé Daniel (1894)
• "Saint Catherine." In: Short Stories, Vol. X (1894; translated by Emma M. Phelps)
• "The Trout." In: Romance, Vol. XIII, No. 3 (1894; translated by H.L.B. Porter)
• Rustic Life in France (1896)
• A Mistress of Many Moods (1900)
• A Woodland Queen (1905)
• Jean-Marie: A Play in One Act (1915)

References

Attribution

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Further reading

• Vermale, François (1913). "Un vol littéraire d'André Theuriet," Mémoires et documents publiés par la Société savoisienne d'histoire et d'archéologie, Vol. LIV, pp. 427–32.

External links

• Works by André Theuriet at Project Gutenberg
• Works by André Theuriet at Hathi Trust
• Works by André Theuriet at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)