Élie Berthet (8 June 1815 - 3 February 1891) was a French novelist.
Berthet was born in
Limoges
Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...
. A most prolific writer, he wrote more than 100 novels about Paris, criminal affairs, the prehistoric world, and other subjects. His ''Les Houilleurs de Polignies'' is reported to have been one of the inspirations for
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's ''
Germinal''.
[Marel, Henri. « ''Germinal'' et ''Les Houilleurs de Polignies'' », Cahiers de l’U.E.R. Froissart (Valenciennes), no 5, automne 1980, pp. 113–126.] He died, aged 75, in Paris.
Works
* ''La Veilleuse'' (recueil de récits, published under the penname Élie Raymond) (1835)
*
Le Pacte de famine' (drama, with
Paul Foucher
Paul-Henri Foucher (21 April 1810 – 24 January 1875) was a French playwright, theatre and music critic, political journalist, and novelist.
Biography
Early career
Foucher was born in Paris and began his career as an employee in the offices of t ...
) (1839)
* ''Les Garçons de recette'' (drama, with
Adolphe d'Ennery
Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery or Dennery (17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist.
Life
Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ''Émile, ou le ...
) (1840)
* ''L'Ami du château'' (with
Henry Monnier
Henry-Bonaventure Monnier (7 June 1799 in Paris – 3 January 1877) was a French playwright, caricaturist and actor.
Life
After studying at the Lycée Bonaparte, he frequented the workshops of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson and Antoine-Jean G ...
) (1841)
*
Le Colporteur' (1841)
*
La Croix de l'affût' (1841)
* ''Le Chevalier de Clermont'' (with Henry Monnier) (1841)
* ''Justin'' (1842)
*
Val d'Andorre' (1842)
*
La Belle Drapière' (1843)
* ''Richard Le Fauconnier'' (1844)
* ''La Ferme de l'Oseraie'' (1846)
*
Château de Montbrun' (1847)
* ''La Fille du cabanier'' (1847)
* ''Le Pacte de famine'' (roman) (1847)
*
Paul Duvert' (1848)
* ''Le Château d'Auvergne'' (1848)
*
Une maison de Paris' (1848)
*
La Mine d'or' (1849)
*
L'Étang de Précigny' (1849)
*
Le Roi des ménétriers' (1850)
*
Antonia' (1850)
*
Le Val-perdu' (1851)
* ''La Falaise Saint-Honorine'' (1851)
* ''La Fille des Pyrénées'' (1851)
* ''Les Mésaventures de Michel Morin'' (1851)
*
La Roche tremblante' (1851)
*
Le Réfractaire' (1852)
* ''La Malédiction de Paris'' (1852)
* ''Le Vallon suisse'' (1852)
*
La Bastide rouge' (1853)
*
Cadet de Normandie' (1853)
* ''La Ferme de La Borderie'' (1853)
* ''Le Garçon de banque'' (1853)
* ''Le Marquis de Norville'' (1853)
* ''Les Missionnaires du
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'' (1853)
* ''Les Mystères de La Famille'' (1853)
*
Les Catacombes de Paris' (1854)
* ''Le Garde-chasse'' (1854)
* ''Gaëtan le Savoyard'' (1855)
* ''Justine'' (1855)
* ''La Maison murée'' (1855)
* ''Le Spectre de Châtillon'' (1855)
* ''La Mère du notaire'' (1856)
* ''Les Chauffeurs'' (1857)
*
Le Nid de Cigognes' (1857)
* ''La Bête du Gévaudan'' (1858)
*
La Dryade de Clairefont' (1859)
*
Les Émigrans : la colonie du Kansas' (1859)
* ''Le Douanier de mer'' (1860)
*
Le Dernier Irlandais' (1860)
* ''La Directrice des postes'' (1861)
*
L'Homme des bois' (1861)
* ''L'Aveugle-né'' (1862)
* ''Le Gentilhomme verrier'' (1862)
* ''Odilia'' (1863)
* ''L'Oiseau du désert'' (1863)
* ''Le Capitaine Blaugis'' (1864)
* ''Le Fou de St.-Didier'' (1864)
* ''Le Juré'' (1864)
*
La Double Vue' (1865)
* ''L'Enfant des bois'' (1865)
* ''Le Fermier Reber'' (1865)
* ''La Maison des Deux SÅ“urs'' (1865)
* ''Les Houilleurs de Polignies'' (1866)
* ''La Peine de mort ou La Route du mal'' (1866)
*
Le Bon Vieux Temps' (1867)
* ''Le Démon de La Chasse'' (1868)
* ''Les Drames de Cayenne'' (1868)
* ''Le Séquestré'' (1869)
* ''La Tour du télégraphe'' (1869)
* ''Le Gouffre'' (1872)
* ''L'Année du grand hiver 1709'' (1873)
* ''L'Incendiaire'' (1873)
* ''L'Å’il de diamant'' (1873)
* ''Les Parisiennes à Nouméa'' (1873)
* ''Le Capitaine Rémy'' (1874)
* ''Les Drames du cloître'' (1874)
* ''Les Oreilles du banquier'' (1874)
* ''La Famille Savigny'' (1875)
* ''Maître Bernard'' (1875)
*
Les Crimes inconnus' (1876)
* ''Romans Préhistoriques'' (1876)
*
L'Assassin du percepteur' (1877)
*
Le Braconnier' (1877)
* ''Le Juré assassin'' (1877)
* ''Mlle. de La Fougeraie'' (1877)
* ''M. de Blangy et Les Riupert'' (1877)
*
Le Sauvage' (1877)
* ''Tout est bien qui finit bien'' (1877)
* ''Les Trois spectres'' (1877)
*
Histoire des uns et des autres' (1878)
* ''Les Cagnards de l'
Hôtel-Dieu de Paris In French-speaking countries, a hôtel-Dieu ( en, hostel of God) was originally a hospital for the poor and needy, run by the Catholic Church. Nowadays these buildings or institutions have either kept their function as a hospital, the one in Paris b ...
'' (1879)
* ''Le Crime de Pierrefitte'' (1879)
*
Les Crimes du sorcier' (1879)
*
Les Petites Écolières dans les cinq parties du monde' (1880)
* ''La Fontaine et La Fidélité'' (1880)
* ''Un mariage secret'' (1880)
* ''Le Martyre de La Boscotte'' (1880)
* ''Mère et fille'' (1880)
* ''Une mystérieuse aventure'' (1880)
* ''Le Charlatan'' (1881)
* ''Tête-à -l'envers'' (1881)
* ''La Bonne femme'' (1882)
* ''Le Marchand de tabac'' (1882)
* ''Le Sac de Loramée'' (1882)
* ''Fleur de Bohême'' (1883)
* ''La Sœur du curé'' (1883)
* ''Le Brocanteur'' (1884)
*
La Femme du fou' (1884)
* ''Paris avant l'histoire'' (1884)
* ''Édouard chez Les Orangs'' (1885)
* ''La Famille Rupert'' (1885)
* ''Le Garde-Champêtre'' (1885)
* ''L'Herboriste Nicias'' (1886)
* ''La Maison du malheur'' (1886)
* ''Les Petits écoliers dans les cinq parties du monde'' (1887)
* ''L'Expérience du grand-papa'' (1887)
* ''La Petite Chailloux'' (1888)
*
Le Murier blanc ; le chasseur de marmottes' (1890)
* ''SÅ“ur Julie'' (1890)
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1815 births
1891 deaths
People from Limoges
19th-century French novelists
French children's writers
French crime fiction writers
Burials at Batignolles Cemetery