Ernest Capendu

Ernest Capendu , actually François-Pierre-Ernest Capendu (born November 30, 1825 in Paris , † May 19, 1868 ibid) was a French writer.

Life

Capendu came from a wealthy family and was raised by private tutors . When a cholera epidemic broke out in Paris after the February Revolution in 1848 , Capendu and his family left the city and settled in Marseille ; later he lived for some time in Oran ( Algeria ).

From there, Capendu made extensive trips to (and through) Algeria, Morocco and Syria . Experiences from these journeys were to be found again and again in his novels.

At the request of his publishers, Capendu returned to France around 1855 and settled again in Paris. In 1858 he married Adelaïde-Pierrette Dorenlotte, but she died a year later. Shortly thereafter, Capendu married Lucile Delaville for the second time; both marriages remained childless.

On May 19, 1868, Ernest Capendu died in Paris and found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery (Division 12).

reception

Capendu was u. a. a contemporary of Alexandre Dumas , Paul Feval and Pierre de Ponson de Terrail (1829–1871). He wrote his novels alone, his plays were always created in collaboration with colleagues such as Théodore Barrière or Xavier de Montépin (1823–1902).

Many of his novels first appeared as serial novels in newspapers and magazines. For later publication as a book, Capendu sometimes revised his texts.

Works

stories

• La popote. Souvenirs militaires d'Oran . Amyot, Paris 1865.

Novels

• Marcof, le Malouin . Livres généraux, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-1-153-63944-6 (EA Paris 1859)
• Surcouf . Cadot, Paris 1859 (2 vol.)
• Les rascals . Cadot, Paris 1860 (2 vol.)
• Les colonnes d'Hercule . Cadot, Paris 1860.
• Le roi des gabiers . Cadot, Paris 1862.
• L'homme rouge . Potter, Paris 1862 (5 vols.)
• Les mystères du Mont-de-Piété . Cadot, Paris 1861 (9 vol.)
• Les enfants de Bazoche . Dentu, Paris 1864 (6 vols.)

Plays

• together with Théodore Barrière: Les faux bonshommes. Comédie en quatre actes . Calman-Lévy, Paris 1889.
  • German: Gemüthsmenschen. Comedy in four acts. Decision, Berlin 1894.
  • German: Biedermann and consorts. Comedy in four acts . Hayn, Berlin 1895.
• together with Théodore Barrière: Les fausses bonnes femmes. Comédie en cinq actes . Lévy, Paris 1858.
• together with Théodore Barrièere: L'Héritage de monsieur Plumet. Comédie en quatre actes . Librairie théâtrale, Paris 1858.
• together with Xavier de Montépin: Les coups d'épingle. Comédie en trois actes . Degorce-Cadot, Paris 1863.

literature

• Roger Ripoll: You feuilleton historique au feuilleton policier. Ernest Capendu . In: Europe , 1974, June, ISSN  0014-2751
• Hugo P. Thieme: Guide bibliographique de la littérature française de 1800 à 1906 . Éditions Welter, Paris 1907.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Contents: Fleur des bois. - Les deux corsairs. - La conspiration des œufs rouges.