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See also:FORTUNE DU See also:BOISGOBEY (1824-1891) , See also:French writer of fiction, whose real surname was Castille, was See also:born at See also:Granville (See also:Manche) on the 11th of See also:September 1824 . He served in the See also:army pay See also:department in See also:Algeria from 1844 to 1848, and extended his travels to the See also:East . He made his See also:literary debut in the See also:Petit See also:journal with a See also:story entitled Deux comediens (1868) . With Le For4at See also:colonel (1872) he became one of the most popular See also:feuilleton writers . His See also:police stories, though not so convincing as those of Emile See also:Gaboriau, with whom his name is generally associated, had a See also:great circulation, and many of them have been translated into See also:English . Among his stories may be mentioned: See also:Les Mysteres du nouveau See also:Paris (1876), Le Demi-Monde sous la Terreur (1877), Les Nuits de See also:Constantinople (1882), Le Cri du sang (1885), La See also:Main froide (1889) . See also:Boisgobey died on the 26th of See also:February 1891 . |
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