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Théophile Gautier

Born

in Tarbes, France

August 30, 1811

Died

October 23, 1872

Genre

Fiction, Travel

Influences

Honoré de Balzac, Denis Diderot, Victor Hugo, Molière, E.T.A. Hoffman ...more

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. In the 1830 Revolution, he chose to stay with friends in the Doyenné district of Paris, living a rather pleasant bohemian life. He began writing poetry as early as 1826 but the majority of his life was spent as a contributor to various journals, mainly for La Presse, which also gave him the opportunity for foreign travel and meeting many influential contacts in high society and in the world of the arts, which inspired many of his writings including Voyage en Espagne (1843), Trésors d'Art de la Russie (1858), and Voyage en Russie (1867). He was a celebrated abandonnée of the Romantic Ballet, writing several scenarios, the most famous of wh ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 11,996 ratings · 1,203 reviews · 929 distinct works • Similar authors

	La Morte Amoureuse 3.79 avg rating — 1,628 ratings — published 1836 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mademoiselle de Maupin by Théophile Gautier, Patricia Duncker (Introduction), Helen Constantine (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 1,153 ratings — published 1835 — 291 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Capitaine Fracasse 3.84 avg rating — 941 ratings — 302 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Roman de la momie 3.39 avg rating — 910 ratings — published 1858 — 221 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Récits fantastiques 3.87 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 1859 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Fantoms by Théophile Gautier, Richard Holmes (Translator, Introduction) 4.03 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mummy's Foot 3.46 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 1840 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arria Marcella 3.61 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1852 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Cafetière; Le Chevalier double 3.27 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jettatura by Théophile Gautier, Maurizio Grasso (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1857 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mademoiselle de Maupin (2 books)
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Théophile Gautier,

I.G. Burnham (Translator)

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Quotes by Théophile Gautier (?)

“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.”
― Théophile Gautier

tags: misattributed-to-einstein

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“To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.”
― Théophile Gautier

tags: love

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“Although it was only six o'clock, the night was already dark. The fog, made thicker by its proximity to the Seine, blurred every detail with its ragged veils, punctured at various distances by the reddish glow of lanterns and bars of light escaping from illuminated windows. The road was soaked with rain and glittered under the street-lamps, like a lake reflecting strings of lights. A bitter wind, heavy with icy particles, whipped at my face, its howling forming the high notes of a symphony whose bass was played by swollen waves crashing into the piers of the bridges below. The evening lacked none of winter's rough poetry.”
― Théophile Gautier, Hashish, Wine, Opium

tags: cold, evening, night, rain, winter

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