Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic.

The novel recounts the story of the baron of Sigognac during the reign of Louis XIII of France (reign 1610-1643), a destitute nobleman who decides to abandon his castle to join a theatrical troupe out of love of a young actress.

This volume contains Gautier's biographical essay "The Life and Intimate Memoirs of Baudelaire".

Leonard Sylvain Julien (Jules) Sandeau, was a French novelist. The famous play, Le Gendre de M. Poirier, is one of several which he wrote in collaboration with Emile Augier.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This text also includes a section on the original hashishin, the assassins who served the Old Man of the Mountain, a figure later identified by William S. Burroughs as Hassan i Sabbah.

A creative innovator who boldly traversed traditional boundaries separating different genres and schools, French poet Theophile Gautier was extremely influential, playing a role in shaping the styles of poets from T. S. Elliot to Ezra Pound ...

Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic.

Something terrible waited for the archaeologists. Something truly frightful and dangerous as well.