Stéphanette

by René Bazin

Extrait : Cette question fut résolue, et le roman s'écroula lorsqu'un mois plus tard il découvrit Stéphanette dans la boutique de la rue de l'Aiguillerie. Il fut très étonné de la trouver fille d'un brocanteur. Mais il l'aimait, et, trop ignorant de la vie pour savoir quelle barrière le monde mettait entre un homme de sa naissance et une fille d'aussi petite condition, il se fit un point d'honneur de garder, malgré cette découverte, la même amitié à la pauvre Stéphanette.

235 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 14, 2013

About the author

René François Nicolas Marie Bazin (26 December 1853 – 20 July 1932) was a French novelist.

Born at Angers, he studied law in Paris, and on his return to Angers became Professor of Law in the Catholic university. In 1876, Bazin married Aline Bricard. The couple had two sons and six daughters. He contributed to Parisian journals a series of sketches of provincial life and descriptions of travel, and wrote Stephanette (1884), but he made his reputation with Une Tache d'Encre (A Spot of Ink) (1888), which received a prize from the Academy. He was admitted to the Académie française on 28 April 1904, to replace Ernest Legouvé.

René Bazin was a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, and was President of the Corporation des Publicistes Chretiens.