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Charles Monselet
Charles Monselet (30 April 1825, Nantes - 19 May 1888, Paris) was a French journalist, novelist, poet and playwright, nicknamed "the king of the gastronomes" by his contemporaries. He specialised in comedic and romantic novels and his total output was around 40 volumes. Born at No. 16 rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau in Nantes, a plaque bears witness to this on the facade, he lived in this city for the first nine years of his life, before his parents moved to Bordeaux. After growing up in Bordeaux, he returned to his hometown in 1852, before his literary career took place in Paris1. The death of his friend Baron Brisse, during a dinner, earned him this joke - probably apocryphal: "Let's go to the table all the same!" He never liked overcooked fricots2. " Literary snapshots, playful short stories, romance novels and detective stories, her bibliography includes around forty volumes full of color, gaiety and naturalness, in which women often play a central role, notably in La Franc-Maà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Monselet Par Gaston Vuillier
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, ÄŠearl'' or ''ÄŠeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
