Léonard Sylvain Julien (Jules) Sandeau (; 19 February 1811 – 24 April 1883) was a French novelist.

Early life

Sandeau was born at Aubusson (

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), and was sent to Paris to study law, but spent much of his time in unruly behaviour with other students. He met

George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, bein ...

, then Madame Dudevant, at Le Coudray in the house of a friend, and when she came to Paris in 1831 they had a relationship. The intimacy did not last long, but it produced ''Rose et Blanche'' (1831), a novel written together under the pseudonym J. Sand, from which George Sand took her famous pseudonym.

Major works

Sandeau continued to produce novels and plays for nearly fifty years. His major works are: *''Marianna'' (1839), in which he draws a portrait of George Sand *''Le Docteur Herbeau'' (1841) *''Catherine'' (1845) *''Mademoiselle de la Seiglière'' (1848), a successful picture of society under

Louis Philippe Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary War ...

, dramatized in 1851 *''Madeleine'' (1848) *''La Chasse au roman'' (1849) *''Sacs et parchemins'' (1851) *'' La Maison de Penarvan'' (1858) *''La Roche aux mouettes'' (1871) The famous play, ''Le Gendre de M. Poirier'', is one of several which he wrote in collaboration with

Émile Augier Guillaume Victor Émile Augier (; 17 September 182025 October 1889) was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française on 31 March 1857. Biography Augier was born at Valence, Drôme Valence (, ...

—the novelist usually contributing the story and the dramatist the theatrical form. Sandeau's novels were less popular than his plays.

Later life

Sandeau had been made conservateur of the Mazarin library in 1853, elected to the

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in 1858, and appointed librarian of St Cloud in 1859. At the suppression of this latter office, after the fall of the

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, he was pensioned.

Death

Jules Sandeau died in Paris in 1883 and was buried in the

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''La Chasse au roman''
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