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'''Joseph Xavier Saintine''' ([[July 10]], [[1798]] - [[January 21]], [[1865]]), [[France|French]] [[novelist]] and [[dramatist]], whose real surname was '''Boniface''', was born in [[Paris]]. |
'''Joseph Xavier Saintine''' ([[July 10]], [[1798]] - [[January 21]], [[1865]]), [[France|French]] [[novelist]] and [[dramatist]], whose real surname was '''Boniface''', was born in [[Paris]]. |
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In [[1823]] he produced a volume of poetry in the manner of the [[romanticism|Romanticists]], entitled ''Poèmes, odes, épîtres''. In [[1836]] appeared ''Picciola'', the story of the [[Bonaparte, comte de Charney|comte de Charney]], a political prisoner in [[Piedmont]], whose reason was saved by his cult of a tiny flower growing between the paving stones of his prison yard. This story is a masterpiece of the sentimental kind, and has been translated into many European languages. |
In [[1823]] he produced a volume of poetry in the manner of the [[romanticism|Romanticists]], entitled ''Poèmes, odes, épîtres''. In [[1836]] appeared ''Picciola'', the story of the [[Bonaparte, comte de Charney|comte de Charney]], a political prisoner in [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]], whose reason was saved by his cult of a tiny flower growing between the paving stones of his prison yard. This story is a masterpiece of the sentimental kind, and has been translated into many European languages. |
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He produced many other novels, none of striking individuality with the exception of ''Seul'' (1857), which purported to be the authentic record of [[Alexander Selkirk]] on his desert island. Saintine was a prolific dramatist, and collaborated in some hundred pieces with [[Eugène Scribe|Scribe]] and others, usually under the name of Xavier. |
He produced many other novels, none of striking individuality with the exception of ''Seul'' (1857), which purported to be the authentic record of [[Alexander Selkirk]] on his desert island. Saintine was a prolific dramatist, and collaborated in some hundred pieces with [[Eugène Scribe|Scribe]] and others, usually under the name of Xavier. |
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Joseph Xavier Saintine (July 10, 1798 - January 21, 1865), French novelist and dramatist, whose real surname was Boniface, was born in Paris.
In 1823 he produced a volume of poetry in the manner of the Romanticists, entitled Poèmes, odes, épîtres. In 1836 appeared Picciola, the story of the comte de Charney, a political prisoner in Piedmont, whose reason was saved by his cult of a tiny flower growing between the paving stones of his prison yard. This story is a masterpiece of the sentimental kind, and has been translated into many European languages.
He produced many other novels, none of striking individuality with the exception of Seul (1857), which purported to be the authentic record of Alexander Selkirk on his desert island. Saintine was a prolific dramatist, and collaborated in some hundred pieces with Scribe and others, usually under the name of Xavier.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
