Charles Sorel

Charles Sorel was born in Paris, on a date that sources place between 1582 and 1602. Secretary to the comte de Cramail in 1621, he obtained from his uncle Charles Bernard the post of historiographer of France, which he later lost. He published most of his fictions without his name or under pseudonyms, mocking the vogue for pastoral novels through satire, and, as a critic, questioned the novel's capacity to speak of reality. He also wrote works of history, and died in Paris in 1674.

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• NovelThe Comical History of FrancionHistoire comique de FrancionCharles Sorel · 1623LiteraturePublic domain