Paul Scarron

Paul Scarron was born in Paris in 1610, the son of a magistrate of the parlement. Destined for the Church, he lived in Le Mans from 1632 to 1640 and made the journey to Rome. Struck in 1638 by an illness that paralysed his legs and left him deformed, he remained an invalid to the end of his life. In 1652, he married Françoise d'Aubigné, who would later become the wife of Louis XIV under the name of Madame de Maintenon. He died in Paris in October 1660.

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• NovelThe Comic RomanceLe Roman comiquePaul Scarron · 1651LiteraturePublic domain