FEUILLET

(few-ya), Octave, a French novelist and dramatist, born at Saint L6, department of La Manche, llth Aug., 1812, died in 1890. He came into notice about 1846 with his novels of Le Fruit Défundu, Le Conte de Polichinelle, and a series of comedies and tales which was published in the Revue des deux Mondes. In 1857 the appearance of Le Roman d’un Jeune Homme Pauwvre raised Feuillet te the first rank of the novelists of the day. Amongst his other numerous novels are: Monsieur de Camors (1867), Julia de Tréceur (1872), Le Sphinx (1874), and His to ire d@une Parisienne (1881). His works have a refined humour, and are remarkable for their acute character-drawing and extraordinary penetration. His style is admirably witty and restrained, and perfectly suited to his subject.