- Zénaïde Fleuriot
Zénaïde-Marie-Anne Fleuriot (b. at
Saint-Brieuc ,12 September 1829 ; d. at Paris,18 December 1890 ) was a French novelist.Life
She published her first novel, "Les souvenirs d'une douairière", in 1859, and its success led her to adopt the literary profession. Either under her real name or the pseudonym of Anna Edianez de Saint-B, she published a large number of novels, most of which were intended for women and girls.
Works
She was a constant contributor to "Le Journal de la jeunesse" and "La Bibliothèque rose", whose aim was to provide young people with unobjectionable reading. Her novels are written in a simple, easy style; they are orthodox Catholic in tone.
Among the novels are: "La vie en Famille" (Paris, 1862); "La clef d'or" (Paris, 1870); "Le théâtre chez soi" (Paris, 1873); "Monsieur Nostradamus" (Paris, 1875); "Sans beauté" (Paris, 1889).
External link
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06102b.htm "Catholic Encyclopedia" article]
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