. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. were written witha literary partner. Three are now called classics: {Le Gendre deM. Poirier (M. Poiriers Son-in-Law), (LAventuriere (The Advent-uress), and (GiboyersBoy). Le Gendre de M. Poirier> waswritten with Jules Sandeau, but the ad-mirers of Augier have proved by internalevidence that his share in its compositionwas the greater. It is a comedy of man-ners based on the old antagonism betweenvulgar ignorant energy and ability on theone side, and lazy empty birth and breed-ing on the other; embodied in Poirier, awealthy shopke
. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. were written witha literary partner. Three are now called classics: {Le Gendre deM. Poirier (M. Poiriers Son-in-Law), (LAventuriere (The Advent-uress), and (GiboyersBoy). Le Gendre de M. Poirier> waswritten with Jules Sandeau, but the ad-mirers of Augier have proved by internalevidence that his share in its compositionwas the greater. It is a comedy of man-ners based on the old antagonism betweenvulgar ignorant energy and ability on theone side, and lazy empty birth and breed-ing on the other; embodied in Poirier, awealthy shopkeeper, and M. de Presles,his son-in-law, an impoverished Victor Emile Augier wasborn in Valence, France, September 17th,1820, and was intended for the law; butinheriting literary tastes from his grandfather, Pigault Lebrun theromance writer, he devoted himself to letters. When his first play,La Cigue (The Hemlock),—in the preface to which he defendedhis grandfathers memory,—was presented at the Odeon in 1844, it. Emile Augier EMILE AUGIER „„„ made the author famous. Theophile Gautier describes it at length inVol. iii. of his Art Dramatique, and compares it to Shakespeares<Timon of Athens. It is a classic play, and the hero closes hiscareer by a draught of hemlock. Augiers works are: — (A Good Man);< LAventuriere * (The Adventuress); ; < Le Joueur de Flute(The Flute Player); (Diana), a romantic play on the sametheme as Victor Hugos * Marion Delorme, written for and played byRachel; (The Touchstone), with Jules San-deau; Philberte, a comedy of the last century; (Le MariagedOlympe (Olympias Marriage); <Le Gendre de M. Poirier ( Son-in-Law); Ceinture Doree (The Golden Belt), withEdouard Foussier; (La Jeunesse (Youth); <Les Lionnes Pauvres(Ambition and Poverty), — a bold story of social life in Paris duringthe Second Empire, also with Foussier; (Les Effrontes (Brass), anattack on
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