21 September 2017

Paris 2017: Cimetière de Montmartre, 18e arrondissement #3 Émile de Girardin


Émile de Girardin (1806–81) was the founder of the paper La Presse, and, with his rival Armand Dutacq (Le Siècle) was responsible for the first serial novels to appear, some writers of note being Balzac, Lamartine and George Sand. He was also a politician and wrote numerous political and social works.

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