GEORGES

OHNET (1848– )  , French novelist and man of letters, was born in Paris on the 3rd of April 1848 . After the war of 1870 he became editor of the Pays and the Constitutionnel in succession . In collaboration with the engineer and dramatist Louis Denayrouze (b . 1848) he produced the play Regina Sarpi, and in 1877 Marche . He was an admirer of Georges Sand and bitterly opposed to the realistic modern novel . He began a series of novels, Les Batailles de la vie, of a simple and idealistic character, which, although attacked by the critics as unreal and commonplace, were very popular . The series included Serge Panine (1881) which was crowned by the Academy; Le Maitre de forges (1882), La Grande Marniere (1885), Volonte (x888), Dernier amour (1891) . Many of his novels have been dramatized with great success, Le Maitre de forges, produced at the Gymnase in 1883, holding the stage for a whole year . His later publications include Le Crepuscule (1902), Le Marchand de poisons (1903), La Conquerante (1905), La Dixihme Muse (1906) .