Charles Guillaume Livet (24 January 1856 – 16 April 1919) was a French playwright, journalist, novelist and physician.

Biography

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Works

*1882: ''Le Mariage de Racine'', comedy in 1 act, in verse, with Gustave Vautrey *1884: ''À travers la porte'', saynète in 1 act, in verse *1884: ''Les Petits Pois'', comedy in 1 act *1885: ''Les Récits de Jean Féru'', novel *1885: ''Chez les Martin'', saynète in 1 act, in prose *1885: ''La Sang-brulé'', drama in 5 acts and 6 tableaux, with

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*1885: ''Théodora à Montluçon'', parody in 1 act and 8 tableaux, with Henri Boucherat *1888: ''Il reviendra'', review in 3 tableaux of the year 1887, with

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*1888: ''La Vie du marin ballet'',

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dramatique in 3 acts and 20 tableaux *1895: ''L'Amour forcé'', novel *1896: ''Emploi du carbure de calcium en chirurgie (et particulièrement dans le traitement du cancer de l'utérus)'', thesis *1909: ''Nick Carter'', play in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with

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*1910: ''Le Songe d'une nuit d'automne'', novel *1912: ''Fille adoptive'', novel *1912: ''Nouveau manuel de médecine pour tous'' *1912: ''Sous le charme'', novel *1913: ''Cœur d'enfant'', novel *1913: ''Coupable par amour'', novel *1913: ''Miramar, l'homme aux yeux de chat'', novel *1913: ''Pietro Danera, le semeur de morts'', novel *1914: ''Épilepsie et troubles vaso-moteurs localisés consécutifs à une fièvre puerpérale'' *1915: ''Marraines de poilus'', novel *1916: ''La Faute d'un brave homme'', novel *1916: ''Le Martyre d'une infirmière'', novel *1916: ''Le Portrait de l'aimée'', novel *1917: ''Amour et gloire'', novel *1917: ''Enfant de vierge'', novel *1917: ''Une Larme de poète'',

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in verse, with Joseph Vassivière *1917: ''Un Revenant'', novel *1918: ''Cœur de vieillard'', novel *1918: ''Pauvre Mado'', novel *1919: ''L'Enfant aux deux mères'' novel

Notes

Bibliography

* Edmond Antoine Poinsot, ''Dictionnaire des Pseudonymes'', 1887, * Edmond Benjamin, Paul Desachy, ''Le Boulevard : Croquis Parisiens'', 1893, * Henri Avenel, ''La Presse française au vingtième siècle'', 1901, * Just Lucas-Championnièrre, ''Journal de médecine et de chirurgie pratiques'', vol.90, 1919, (obituary) * Noël Richard, ''Le Mouvement décadent : dandys, esthètes et quintessents'', 1968,

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