André Léo, Un mariage scandaleux

Cecilia Beach (Alfred University)

Ed. by Nigel Harkness, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1860

Places

France (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Un Mariage scandaleux by André Léo was first published as a serial novel under the signature Léo in 1860 in a short-lived journal entitled L’Espérance: Journal international quotidien (Geneva). Written while the author was living in exile in Switzerland, the novel contains both nostalgic descriptions of the fertile landscape and rich cultural traditions of her native Poitou and acerbic criticism of the fossilized social order of its inhabitants. The novel was published as an independent volume by Hachette two years later following André Léo’s return to France in 1861.

The “scandalous marriage” of the title is generally thought to refer to the …

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Citation: Beach, Cecilia. "Un mariage scandaleux". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 January 2017 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35747, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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