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739 - RENNES / LITERATURE - PAUL FEVAL ( * ) - PHOTOGRAPH, circa 1…
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RENNES / LITERATURE - PAUL FEVAL ( * ) - PHOTOGRAPH, circa 1860 / 1865, seated full-face portrait, by CARJAT, 56 Rue Laffitte, Paris. Albumen bromide mounted on card, visiting-card size 9.7 x 6 cm. ( * ) Henri Corentin Paul Féval: born on 29 September 1816 in Rennes, died in Paris on 7 March 1887 – Writer. A prolific body of work comprising over 70 popular novels published in instalments, plus 70 historical short stories often inspired by the Chouan War in the Vendée, as well as some thirty plays, historical pamphlets, Christian tracts and political pamphlets. He enjoyed considerable success during his lifetime, rivalling that of Honoré de Balzac and Alexandre Dumas. His best-known novel, *Le Bossu*, has been adapted for the cinema on around ten occasions. A boarder at the Collège Royal de Rennes (now the Lycée Émile Zola); at the height of the revolutionary unrest of 1830, he voiced monarchist views and instigated brawls, which led to him being sent ‘to the countryside’ to stay with his uncle, the lord of the manor, where he was regaled with tales of ‘royal’ battles and the Chouan uprising. On his return to Rennes, he studied law and became a solicitor; he left the bar to settle in Paris in 1837. His literary talent was recognised and he published ‘Les Mystères de Londres’ as a serial in the *Courrier Français*. The serial was subsequently published in 11 volumes; his fame was established. There would be 20 reprints. In 1853, he wrote the song ‘Monsieur de Charette’, which would become one of the most famous French royalist songs. In 1984, the “Société des Gens de Lettres”, in tribute to the novelist who had presided over the institution in 1867, established the Paul Feval Prize for Popular Literature, on the initiative of Suzanne Lacaille, the author’s great-granddaughter.
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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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