MONTÉPIN (Xavier de). - Lot 226

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MONTÉPIN (Xavier de). - Lot 226
MONTÉPIN (Xavier de). Born in Apremont. 1823-1902. French popular novelist. L.A.S. "Xavier de Montépin" to "Mon Cher ami". S.l., 19 August 83 [1883]. 1 p. in-12. Stationery with his initials embossed. Amusing letter from Xavier de Montépin, explaining: "... My family will die out with me, for my three cousins of the younger branch are old boys who will never marry; the youngest is 70!... He adds ... My father's eldest brother, Jules de Montépin, was Pair de France ... He concludes by promising ... I will go and shake your hand the first day it is possible for me to get out early enough to arrive at your house before three o'clock..." The son of a Royal Guard officer, Xavier de Montépin was a famous popular novelist of the XIXᵉ century. In 1848, he founded the newspaper Le Canard. He is the author of numerous serial novels, including the best-selling La Porteuse de pain published between 1884 and 1889. It has been adapted many times for theater, film and, finally, television. He was the last of the Aymont de Montépin line. Jules Aymont de Montépin (1786-1873) was a French landowner and politician. A deputy and peer of France, he was Xavier de Montépin's uncle.
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