Charles Nodier, French Literature, Biographies

Related Category: French Literature, Biographies

Charles Nodier[shArl nOdyA´] Pronunciation Key, 1780–1844, French novelist and poet. From 1824 he was librarian of the BibliothEque de l'Arsenal in Paris. His salon was the nucleus of the beginning romantic movement and was frequented by such men as Hugo, Sainte-Beuve, and Dumas pEre. His most noted works are the fantastic tales Trilby; ou, Le Lutin d'Argail (1822) and La FEe aux miettes (1832).

See bibliography by S. F. Bell (1971); study by H. Nelson (1972).