Alphonse Karr

Alphonse Jean-Baptiste Karr , born with Paris the November 24th 1808 and died in Saint-Raphaël the September 29th 1890, is a French novelist and journalist.

It begins in the literature with its most famous novel, Under the limes , which was worth to him its entry with the Figaro. In 1836, it takes part in the Chronicle of Paris , founded by Honore de Balzac, whose publication will last only six months, but which were a merry interlude. Its novel Histoire of Romain d' Étretat makes known Étretat, where it often went. Of 1839 with 1849, it publishes a satirical review: the Wasps . It founds then the Newspaper to support the general Louis Eugene Cavaignac.

Opposed to Napoleon III, it withdraws on the Riviera after the coup d'etat of 1851. While continuing to write, it creates an establishment of Horticulture of which will be born the trade from the cut flowers. A pear, the Pear Alphonse Karr , and a bamboo, the Bambusa multiplexing Alphonse Karr , were named in its memory.

Works

  • Under the limes (1832) - Text in line (Gallica): * One hour too late (1833)
  • F Dièze (1834)
  • Friday evening (1835)
  • History of Romain d' Étretat (1836)
  • the shortest way (1836)
  • famous Peasants, Plutarque of the campaigns (1838)
  • History of Napoleon (1838)
  • Einerley (1838)
  • Genevieve (1838)
  • Clothilde (1839)
  • Hortense (1841)
  • not to be thirteen (1841)
  • Midday at fourteen hours (1842)
  • Am Rauchen (1842)
  • Fire Bressier (1844)
  • a voyage around my garden (1845)
  • the family Alain (1848) - Text in line (Gallica): * Under the orange trees (1848)
  • the book of the hundred truths (1848)
  • Clovis Gosselin (1851)
  • Raoul Desloges (1851)
  • the Fairies of the sea (1851)
  • Tales and new (1852)
  • Agathe and Cécile (1853)
  • In front of the firebrands (1853)
  • Written letters of my garden (1853)
  • the Evenings of Holy-Addresses (1853)
  • the Women (1853)
  • Histoire of a pawn, followed Timetable, of Two dialogs on courage and the Spirit of the laws, or the stolen Robbers (1854)
  • Stories Normans (1855)
  • Dictionary of the fisherman. Complete treaty of salt water and fresh water fishing (1855)
  • Walk out of my garden (1856)
  • Still the women (1858)
  • a Handle of truths. Philosophical mixtures. (1858) - Text on line: * Pink black and pink blue (1859)
  • At the edge of the sea (1860)
  • Pénelope Norman, part in 5 acts and prose, Paris, Light comedy, January 13rd, 1860.
  • By smoking (1861)
  • By far and of close (1862)
  • On the beach (1862)
  • the Teeth of the dragon (1869)
  • Roman Cheerfulnesses (1870)
  • the closed House (1870)
  • the Tail of gold (1871)
  • the Walk of the English (1874)
  • Plus that changes and more it is the same thing (1875)
  • the Creed of the gardener (1875)
  • Livre of edge (1879-80)
  • Buzzes (1880)
  • Grains of good sense (1880)
  • white Stones of Tom Thumb (1881)
  • With green ink. Crumbs of Modern history (1881)
  • Under the apple trees (1882)
  • points on I (1882)
  • With bottom the masks (1883)
  • In the moon (1883)
  • Soup with stone, modern histories (1884)
  • Pink and thistles, or the Policy with the garden (1886)
  • the pot with the pinks (1887)
  • the House of the ogre (1890)
  • Helene (1890)
  • With the sun (1890)
  • the Century of the microbes (1891)

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