Jules BARBEY d’AUREVILLY
Jules Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly.
Born on 2 November 1808 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte.
Died on 23 April 1889 in Paris.
Wikipedia: English,
French.
Categories: Novels,
Novellas and Short Stories,
Poems,
Essays and Criticism,
Prefaces,
Correspondence.
NOVELS
Une Vieille Maîtresse (1851).
(An Old Mistress).
Written between 1837 and 1849 under the title Ryno. Published by Alexandre Cadot in 1851.
French: 1851, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3;
1879, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (and
illustrations, 1880);
1979.
L’Ensorcelée (1852).
(The Bewitched).
Serialised in L’Assemblée nationale from 7 January to 11 February 1852 under the title La Messe de l’abbé de la Croix-Jugan. Published as a book by Alexandre Cadot on 7 October 1854 (dated 1855).
French: 1855, vol. 1 and
vol. 2;
1878 (and
illustrations, 1879);
1889;
1916;
1979.
English: Bewitched (Louise Collier Willcox, 1928).
Le Chevalier Des Touches (1863).
(The Chevalier Des Touches).
Serialised in Le Nain jaune from 18 July to 12 September 1863. Published as a book by Michel Lévy Frères on 7 May 1864.
French: 1864;
1879 (and illustrations);
1886;
1888;
1893;
1979.
Un Prêtre marié (1864).
(A Married Priest).
Serialised in Le Pays from 6 July to 5 October 1864. Published as a book by Achille Faure on 11 March 1865.
French: 6 July 1864;
1865, vol. 1 and
vol. 2;
1881, vol. 1 and
vol. 2;
1881, vol. 1 and
vol. 2;
1979.
Une Histoire sans nom (1882).
(The Story Without a Name).
Serialised in Gil Blas from 5 to 22 June 1882. Published as a book by Alphonse Lemerre on 27 January 1883 (dated 1882).
French: 5 June 1882;
1882;
1889;
1979.
English: The Story Without a Name (Edgar Saltus, 1891).
Ce qui ne meurt pas (1883).
Written between 1833 and 1836 under the title Germaine, ou La Pitié. Serialised in Gil Blas from 21 September to 30 October 1883. Published as a book by Alphonse Lemerre on 29 March 1884.
French: 21 September 1883;
1888, vol. 1 and
vol. 2;
1979, vol. 1 and
vol. 2.
English: What Never Dies (Sebastian Melmoth, 1902, ed. 1907; Sebastian Melmoth was Oscar Wilde’s pseudonym, but Wilde’s authorship of this translation is now rejected).
NOVELLAS and SHORT STORIES
Léa (1832).
First published in La Revue de Caen on 30 October 1832. Published by La Connaissance on 4 April 1919.
French: 1921.
L’Amour impossible (1841).
(Impossible Love).
French: 1841;
1884;
1884;
1979.
La Bague d’Annibal (1842).
(Hannibal’s Ring).
Written in December 1834. Serialised in Le Globe from 12 to 15 October 1842. Published as a book by Duprey on 30 December 1843.
French: 1843;
27 February 1881;
1884;
1884;
1979.
Le Dessous de cartes d’une partie de whist (1850).
(Beneath the Cards of a Game of Whist).
Serialised in La Mode from 5 to 15 May 1850 under the title Ricochets de conversation. Inserted at the end of the second volume of L’Ensorcelée in 1855. Collected in Les Diaboliques (No. 4) in 1874.
French: 1855;
1874;
c. 1882;
1883;
1905;
1927;
1979.
English: What Lay Beneath the Cards, or A Notable Game of Whist (anonymous, 1900);
• Beneath the Cards of a Game of Whist (Ernest Boyd, 1925; revision of 1900);
• The Story Behind a Game of Whist (Jean Kimber, 1964).
Le Plus Bel Amour de Don Juan (1867).
(The Greatest Love of Don Juan).
Published in La Situation on 23 and 26 November 1867. Collected in Les Diaboliques (No. 2) in 1874.
French: 1874;
c. 1882;
1883;
1905;
1979.
English: Don Juan’s Proudest Triumph (anonymous, 1900);
• The Greatest Love of Don Juan (Ernest Boyd, 1925; revision of 1900);
• Don Juan’s Greatest Love (Jean Kimber, 1964).
Le Rideau cramoisi (1874).
(The Crimson Curtain).
Published in the collection Les Diaboliques (No. 1) in 1874.
French: 1874;
c. 1882;
1883;
1905;
1979.
English: The Crimson Curtain (anonymous, 1900);
• The Crimson Curtain (Ernest Boyd, 1925; revision of 1900);
• The Crimson Curtain (Jean Kimber, 1964).
Le Bonheur dans le crime (1874).
(Happiness in Crime).
Written in 1871. Published in the collection Les Diaboliques (No. 3) in 1874.
French: 1874;
c. 1882;
1883;
1897;
1905;
1979.
English: Happiness in Crime (anonymous, 1900);
• Happiness in Crime (Ernest Boyd, 1925; revision of 1900);
• Happiness in Crime (Jean Kimber, 1964).
À un dîner d’athées (1874).
(At a Dinner of Atheists).
Published in the collection Les Diaboliques (No. 5) in 1874.
French: 1874;
c. 1882;
1883;
1905;
1979.
English: At a Dinner of Atheists (anonymous, 1900);
• At a Dinner of Atheists (Ernest Boyd, 1925; revision of 1900);
• At a Dinner of Atheists (Jean Kimber, 1964).
La Vengeance d’une femme (1874).
(A Woman’s Revenge).
Published in the collection Les Diaboliques (No. 6) in 1874.
French: 1874;
c. 1882;
1883;
1979.
English: A Woman’s Revenge (anonymous, 1900);
• A Woman’s Revenge (Ernest Boyd, 1925; revision of 1900);
• A Woman’s Vengeance (Jean Kimber, 1964).
Une Page d’Histoire (1882).
(A Page of History).
Published in Gil Blas on 26 December 1882 under the title Retour de Valognes : Un Poème inédit de Lord Byron. Published in L’Artiste of October 1886 under the title Une page d’Histoire (1603). Published as a book by Alphonse Lemerre on 16 October 1886.
French: 26 December 1882;
October 1886;
1886;
1889;
1979.
Le Cachet d’onyx (1919).
(The Onyx Seal).
Written in 1831. Published by La Connaissance on 4 April 1919.
French: 1921.
POEMS
Au héros des Thermopyles (1825).
(To the Heroes of Thermopylae).
Elegy composed in 1824 at the age of 15 and a half. Published in 1825.
French: 1825;
1918;
1979.
Poésies (1855).
Published by Guillaume-Stanislas Trebutien on 28 April 1855. Printed in 36 copies without title in November or December 1854.
• Oh ! pourquoi voyager ?
Written in late 1833. Dated 13 February 1834.
• Si tu pleures jamais...
Written on 2 April 1838.
• Oh ! comme tu vieillis !
Written in late 1843.
• L’Échanson.
Written in late 1843.
• La Beauté.
Written in January 1844.
• Vous voulez donc...
Written on 29 March 1838.
• Si j’avais, sous ma mantille...
Written in early February 1838.
• Poète de cape et d’épée...
Written in January 1851.
• Saigne, mon cœur !
Written in January 1851.
• Les Nénuphars.
Written in January 1852.
• Je vivais sans cœur...
Written on 8 April 1852.
• La Maîtresse rousse.
Written on 11 November 1854.
French: 1854;
1897 (inserted in Poussières);
1909 (inserted in Poussières);
1918 (as Cahier de vers).
Le Pacha : Rythme oublié (1869).
Written in early November 1854. Published by Guillaume-Stanislas Trebutien in 1869.
French: 1869.
Amaïdée (1890).
Published on 8 February 1890.
French: 1890;
1909;
1979.
Poussières (1897).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 7 August 1897.
• La Haine du soleil.
• Le Buste jaune.
• Le Cid.
• Le Vieux Goéland.
• À qui rêves-tu...
• Débouclez-les, vos longs cheveux...
• Oh ! les yeux adorés...
[The twelve poems already published in 1855 are inserted here, in the same order.]
• Treize Ans.
• Un Amour de jupe.
• À Valognes.
• Les Spectres.
• Chanson : Oui ! restons masqués...
• Tu t’en vas...
• Tête pâle de ma Chimère...
• Te souviens-tu ?...
French: 1897;
1909;
1918 (in a different order and with additions);
1979.
Rythmes oubliés (1897).
In the old spelling: Rhythmes oubliés. Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 7 August 1897.
• Quand tu fus partie...
• Quand tu me reverras...
• Niobé.
• Les Quarante Heures.
• Les Yeux caméléons.
First published on 5 September 1857 in Deux Rythmes oubliés.
• Sonnet : Dans cette fuite du Temps...
Written on 18 July 1854. First published in 1856 under the title Trente-Six Ans and signed G.-S. T. (Guillaume-Stanislas Trebutien), but actually composed by Barbey d’Aurevilly.
• Les Arabesques d'un tapis.
• Les Bottines bleues.
• Les Trois Tasses de thé.
• Laocoon.
First published on 5 September 1857 in Deux Rythmes oubliés. Also published by Guillaume-Stanislas Trebutien in an English verse translation by H. M. Carey, Laocoon: A Forgotten Rhyme.
French: 1897;
1909;
1979.
ESSAYS and CRITICISM
Du Dandysme et de G. Brummell (1845).
Published in 1845. Second edition, revised and expanded, published on 9 November 1861 (dated 1862).
French: 1845;
1862;
1887;
1979.
English: Of Dandysm and of George Brummell (Douglas Ainslie, 1897);
• The Anatomy of Dandysm, with Some Observations on Beau Brummell (Lewis Wyndham, 1928).
Les Prophètes du passé (1851).
French: 1851;
1860.
Les Fleurs du mal par M. Charles Baudelaire (1857).
Article dated 24 July 1857, refused by Le Pays and published in Articles justificatifs pour Charles Baudelaire auteur des Fleurs du mal.
French: 1857.
Les Misérables de M. V. Hugo (1862).
Published on 29 November 1862.
French: 1862.
Les Quarante Médaillons de l’Académie (1863).
Published on 19 December 1863 (dated 1864).
French: 1864.
Histoire des inhumations chez les peuples anciens et modernes (1867).
Review of Alexis Favrot’s book of the same title. Published in Le Nain jaune of 29 August 1867. Published as a book on 8 May 1869. Collected in XIXe Siècle : Les Œuvres et les Hommes, vol. 25 in 1909.
French: 29 August 1867;
1909;
1968.
La Généreuse Jeunesse (1872).
Published on 11 May 1872.
French: 1872.
Un Dandy d’avant les Dandys (1879).
Inserted in the third edition of Du Dandysme et de Georges Brummell in 1879.
French: 1887;
1979.
Goethe et Diderot (1880).
Published on 10 July 1880.
French: 1880.
Les Ridicules du temps (1883).
Published by Rouveyre and Blond on 17 March 1883.
French: 1883.
Memoranda (1883).
Published by Rouveyre and Blond in 1883 (printed on 20 June 1883). Premier Memorandum from September–October 1856, already privately printed in 1856; Deuxième Memorandum from September 1858.
French: 1883;
1887.
Les Vieilles Actrices. Le Musée des Antiques (1884).
Published by Librairie des Auteurs modernes on 27 December 1884.
French: 1884.
Pensées détachées. Fragments sur les femmes (1888).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 22 December 1888 (dated 1889).
French: 1979.
Polémiques d'hier (1889).
Published by Albert Savine on 21 December 1889.
French: 1889.
Dernières Polémiques (1890).
Published by Albert Savine on 6 December 1890 (dated 1891).
French: 1891.
Le Théâtre contemporain (1887–1896).
• Tome I, 1866–1868 (1887).
French: 1887;
1908.
• Tome II, 1868–1869 (1888).
Published on 20 October 1888.
French: 1888;
1908.
• Tome III, 1869–1870 (1889).
Published on 29 June 1889.
French: 1889.
• Nouvelle Série, 1870–1883 (1892).
Published on 16 April 1892.
French: 1892.
• Dernière Série, 1881–1883 (1896).
Published on 19 September 1896.
French: 1896.
Premier Memorandum, 1836–1838 (1900).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre in 1900 (printed on 3 March 1900).
French: 1900;
1979.
Deuxième Memorandum (1838) et quelques pages de 1864 (1906).
Published by Pierre-Victor Stock on 23 June 1906.
French: 1906;
1979.
L’Esprit de J. Barbey d’Aurevilly : Dictionnaire de pensées, traits, portraits et jugements tirés de son œuvre critique (1908).
Published by Mercure de France on 25 September 1908.
French: 1908.
Disjecta Membra : Extraits de son livre de notes (1909).
Published by Gabriel Beauchesne in 1909.
French: 1909.
Fragment : à mettre en tête du Joseph Delorme que je dois donner à... (1910).
Written about 1830. Published in the monthly Les Entretiens idéalistes of 25 February 1910. Published as a book by Alphonse Lemerre on 6 September 1912.
French: 25 February 1910;
1921.
XIXe Siècle : Les Œuvres et les Hommes (1861–1910).
Première Série.
• 1. Les Philosophes et les écrivains religieux (1861).
Published by Amyot on 23 February 1861 (dated 1860).
French: 1860;
1968.
• 2. Les Historiens politiques et littéraires (1861).
Published by Amyot on 30 November 1861.
French: 1861;
1968.
• 3. Les Poètes (1862).
Published by Amyot in 1862.
French: 1862;
1968.
• 4. Les Romanciers (1865).
Published by Amyot in 1865.
French: 1865;
1968.
• 5. Les Bas-bleus (1877).
Published by Victor Palmé on 15 December 1877 (dated 1878).
French: 1878;
1968.
• 6. Les Critiques, ou Les Juges jugés (1885).
Published by L. Frinzine on 23 May 1885.
French: 1885;
1968.
• 7. Sensations d’art (1886).
Published by L. Frinzine on 23 October 1886.
French: 1886;
1968.
• 8. Sensations d’histoire (1887).
Published by L. Frinzine on 8 January 1887.
French: 1887;
1968.
Deuxième Série.
• 9. Les Philosophes et les écrivains religieux (1887).
Published by Maison Quantin in 1887.
French: 1887;
1968.
• 10. Les Historiens (1888).
Published by Maison Quantin in 1888.
French: 1888;
1968.
• 11. Les Poètes (1889).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 16 March 1889.
French: 1889;
1968.
• 12. Littérature étrangère (1890).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 29 November 1890.
French: 1890;
1968.
• 13. Littérature épistolaire (1892).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 13 August 1892.
French: 1892;
1968.
• 14. Mémoires historiques et littéraires (1893).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre in 1893.
French: 1893;
1968.
• 15. Journalistes et polémistes, chroniqueurs et pamphlétaires (1895).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre in 1895.
French: 1895;
1968.
• 16. Portraits politiques et littéraires (1898).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 8 January 1898.
French: 1898;
1968.
Troisième Série.
• 17. Les Philosophes et les écrivains religieux (1899).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre in 1899.
French: 1899;
1968.
• 18. Le Roman contemporain (1903).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 31 January 1903 (dated 1902).
French: 1902;
1968.
• 19. Romanciers d’hier et d’avant-hier (1905).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 15 April 1905.
French: 1968.
• 20. De l’Histoire (1905).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 9 December 1905.
French: 1968.
• 21. À côté de la grande histoire (1906).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 26 May 1906.
French: 1968.
• 22. Femmes et moralistes (1906).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 1 September 1906.
French: 1906;
1968.
• 23. Poésie et poètes (1907).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 8 February 1907.
French: 1968.
• 24. Voyageurs et romanciers (1909).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 18 June 1909.
French: 1968.
Quatrième Série.
• 25. Philosophes et écrivains religieux et politiques (1909).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 4 March 1909.
French: 1909;
1968.
• 26. Critiques diverses (1910).
Published by Alphonse Lemerre on 4 March 1910.
French: 1968.
PREFACES
Eugénie de Guérin:
Reliquiæ (1856).
Published by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly and Guillaume-Stanislas Trebutien on 8 March 1856 (dated 1855).
French: 1855.
Emmanuel Rhoïdis:
La Papesse Jeanne (1878).
Review of Emmanuel Rhoïdis’ Pope Joan (Η Πάπισσα Ιωάννα | Ê papissa Iôanna, 1866) in the anonymous French translation (now attributed to Émile Legrand), La Papesse Jeanne (1878). Published in Le Constitutionnel of 9 April 1878. Inserted in the seventh edition of this translation, published by Maurice Dreyfous on 17 December 1881. Collected in XIXe Siècle : Les Œuvres et les Hommes, vol. 22 in 1906.
French: 9 April 1878;
1906;
1968.
Josephin Péladan:
Le Vice suprême (1884).
French: 1884.
CORRESPONDENCE
Lettres de Barbey d’Aurevilly à M. Trebutien (1900).
Excerpts from 1843–1851.
Lettres de J. Barbey d’Aurevilly à Léon Bloy (1903).
Published on 11 July 1903.
Lettres à une amie, 1880–1887 (1907).
Published by Mercure de France on 5 July 1907.
French: 1907.
Les Dédicaces à la main de M. J. Barbey d’Aurevilly (1908).
Published by Auguste Blaizot in 1908 (printed on 20 February 1908).
French: 1908.
Lettres de J. Barbey d’Aurevilly à Trebutien (1909).
Excerpts, in two volumes. Published on 26 March 1909.
Lettres intimes (1921).
Published by Édouard-Joseph on 2 September 1921. Edited by Louise Read.
Lettres à Trebutien (1926–1927).
Complete edition, published in two volumes by François Bernouard in 1926–1927.
French: 1979, vol. 1,
vol. 2,
vol. 3 and
vol. 4.
English: Bewitched (Louise Collier Willcox, 1928).
Created on 10 October 2022. Updated on 21 October 2022.
