HECTOR

See also:

• HENRI

HENRI

See also:

• HECTOR HENRI MALOT (1830-1907)

MALOT (1830-1907)  , French novelist and man of letters, the son of a notary, was born at La Bouille (Seine Inferieure) on the loth of May 1830 . He studied law at Rouen and Paris, but literature early absorbed his attention . He collaborated in the Biographic generale of Didot, became literary critic of L'Opinion Nationale, and dramatic critic of the Lloyd francais . He is the author of a long series of popular novels dealing with contemporary life, including: a trilogy of domestic novels entitled Victimes d'amour (1859, 1865, 1866) ; Un Beau frere (1869) ; Madame Obernin (187o) ; Le Docteur Claude (1879); Justice (1889) . Les Aventures de Remain Kalbris (1869) and Sans famille (1888) are excellent stories for children . A complete edition of Hector Malot's works appeared in 1894—1897 . He died at Vincennes in July 1907 .