Find out more about the greatest 19th Century French Novelists, including Jules Verne, Alexandre Dumas, Guy de Maupassant, W. Somerset Maugham and George Sand.
Alexandre Dumas24 July 1802
Marquis de Sade02 June 1740
Erotic Novelist
Jules Verne08 February 1828
Writer
Colette28 January 1873
Novelist
Guy de Maupassant05 August 1850
Novelist & Short Story Writer
George Sand01 July 1804
Jean Cocteau05 July 1889
Novelist, Poet, Artist & Filmmaker
Gustave Flaubert12 December 1821
Novelist, Writer
Anatole France16 April 1844
Writer
Robert W. Service16 January 1874
Poet & Writer
Alphonse Daudet13 May 1840
Novelist, Short story writer, playwright, poet
Alfred de Musset11 December 1810
Dramatist, Poet, Novelist
Georges Bataille10 September 1897
Philosopher, Librarian, Poet, Novelist, Writer,
Arthur de Gobineau14 July 1816
Racial theorist, Philosopher, Writer, Diplomat,
Joris-Karl Huysmans05 February 1848
Writer, Art critic, Novelist
Romain Rolland29 January 1866
Writer, Playwright, Essayist, Historian, Novelist,
Gaston Leroux06 May 1868
Journalist, Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Théophile Gautier31 August 1811
writer, journalist, playwright, literary critic,
Alfred Jarry08 September 1873
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Novelist
Marcel Pagnol28 February 1895
Theatre director, Film director, Writer,
Louis Aragon03 October 1897
Writer, Journalist, Politician, Poet, Novelist,
Prosper Mérimée28 September 1803
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Historian,
François Mauriac11 October 1885
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Playwright,
Maurice Leblanc11 November 1864
Writer, Novelist, Science fiction writer
Alexandre Dumas, fils27 July 1824
Author
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr24 November 1808
Journalist, Writer, Novelist
Blaise Cendrars01 September 1887
War correspondent, Journalist, Poet, Writer,
Pierre Loti14 January 1850
Writer, Q3349700, Novelist, Essayist, Diarist,
Ouida01 January 1839
Novelist
Pierre Louÿs10 December 1870
Poet
Georges Bernanos20 February 1888
Author
Maurice Barrès19 August 1862
Novelist
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Jean Giono30 March 1895
Writer, Screenwriter, Novelist
Eugène Sue26 January 1804
Novelist
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle03 January 1893
Writer
Léon Bloy11 July 1846
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Novelist,
Jean Giraudoux29 October 1882
Playwright, Screenwriter, Diplomat, Novelist,
Vernon Lee14 October 1856
Writer
Henri Barbusse17 May 1873
Writer, Journalist, Esperantist, Screenwriter,
Jules Renard22 February 1864
writer, aphorist, playwright, novelist, diarist
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget02 September 1852