Louis Henri Boussenard

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Louis Henri Boussenard

Louis Henri Boussenard (4 October 1847,

Imperial Russia
during 1911.

A physician by profession, Boussenard travelled throughout the French colonies, especially in Africa. He was drafted during the Franco-Prussian War but soon capitulated to the Prussian soldiers, an experience that could explain a nationalist theme present in many of his novels. Some of his books demonstrate a certain disdain of Britons and Americans, a fact which likely contributed to his obscurity and lack of translations in the English-speaking countries.

The author's picaresque humour flourished in his earliest books, À travers Australie: Les dix millions de l'Opossum rouge (1879),

Victoria Falls), The Crusoes of Guyana; or, The White Tiger (1885),[2] and Les étrangleurs du Bengale (1901).[3]

Boussenard's best-known book Le Capitaine Casse-Cou (1901) was set at the time of the

References

  1. ^ A travers l'Australie [microforme] : Boussenard, Louis, 1847-1910 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
  2. ^ archive.org
  3. ^ archive.org

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