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Sylvie may refer to: * ''Sylvie'' (novel), an 1853 novel by Gérard de Nerval * Sylvie (actress) (1883–1970), French actress * Sylvie (band), a Canadian rock band from Regina, active in the 2000s * ''Sylvie'' (album), a 1962 album by Sylvie Vartan * "Sylvie" (song), a 1998 song by Saint Etienne People with the given name * Sylvie Andrich-Duval (born 1958), Luxembourgish politician * Sylvie Andrieux (born 1961), French politician * Sylvie Bouchet Bellecourt (born 1957), French politician * Sylvie D'Amours (born 1960), Canadian politician from Quebec * Sylvie Fadlallah (born 1948), Lebanese diplomat * Sylvie Fortier (born 1958), Canadian former synchronized swimming * Sylvie Goulard (born 1964), French politician and civil servant * Sylvie Honigman (born 1965), lecturer in ancient history at Tel Aviv University * Sylvie Kauffmann (born 1955), French journalist * Sylvie Testud (born 1971), French actress * Sylvie Tolmont (born 1962), French politician * Sylvie Vartan (born 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie (novel)
''Sylvie'' (1853) is a novella by French Romanticist Gérard de Nerval. It was first published in the periodical ''La Revue des Deux Mondes'' in 1853, and as a book in '' Les Filles du feu'' in 1854, just a few months before Nerval killed himself in January 1855. Background The novel contains autobiographical elements. As in the story, Nerval often traveled to Germany and to the east. Nerval had an unhappy love for a real actress, Jenny Colon.Christopher John Murray (2004). ''Encyclopedia of the romantic era, 1760–1850: Volume 2'', Page 797-798. He had a female childhood friend named Adrienne, whom he unhappily lost earlier in life. These unattainable and lost female figures are represented in the story, as well in his other works. In real life, Nerval lost his mother at an early age. Guillaume Apollinaire relates (in ''La Vie Anecdotique'') that while writing ''Sylvie'', Nerval spent a week in Chantilly solely to study a sunset that he needed for it. Plot An idyll written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |