Monsieur de Camors: A Novel of the Second Empire
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A young man of the Second Empire decides, on the death of his father, to live entirely without illusions — no religion, no scruple, no love — and applies the program with complete success to politics, marriage and a mistress. Feuillet was the Empress Eugénie's librarian at Fontainebleau and the favorite novelist of the regime; this 1867 novel is his hardest, and the program works exactly as designed. Thirty-seven plates by Manet and Degas, from the execution of Maximilian to the racecourse, catch the hard glitter of the Second Empire this novel dissects.
A young man of the Second Empire decides, on the death of his father, to live entirely without illusions — no religion, no scruple, no love — and applies the program with complete success to politics, marriage and a mistress. Feuillet was the Empress Eugénie's librarian at Fontainebleau and the f...
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Octave Feuillet (1821–1890) was a French novelist and playwright who served as librarian to the Empress Eugénie and was elected to the Académie Française in 1862. He is known for his novel Monsieur de Camors (1867).
Octave Feuillet (1821–1890) was a French novelist and playwright who served as librarian to the Empress Eugénie and was elected to the Académie Française in 1862. He is known for his novel Monsieur de Camors (1867).
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