Eugène Sue

Eugène Sue was born in Paris in January 1804, the son of Jean-Joseph Sue, a physician in the Napoleonic armies. A naval surgeon, he witnessed the battle of Navarino. Inheriting his father's fortune in 1829, he led a lavish life in Paris, then turned to the novel, first maritime, then social. Elected in 1850 as representative of the Seine to the Legislative Assembly, he protested against the coup d'état of 1851 and went into exile in Savoy, where he died, at Annecy, on 3 August 1857.

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• NovelThe Mysteries of ParisLes Mystères de ParisEugène Sue · 1843LiteraturePublic domain