Léon de Wailly
Armand François Léon de Wailly was a 19th-century French novelist, playwright, adaptor and translator.
Biography
Born into a family of writers and academics, graduated from the École des chartes, Léon de Wailly became a close friend of Alfred de Vigny and worked as private secretary for. He became known for his numerous translations of English writers and his collaboration with P. J. Stahl in the adaptation of British classics. Gustave de Wailly was his brother.Works
- 1825: Le Mort dans l’embarras, comédie nouvelle, in 3 acts and in verse, with Gustave de Wailly
- 1834: Benvenuto Cellini, opera in 2 acts, libretto with Henri Auguste Barbier and Alfred de Vigny, music by Hector Berlioz
- 1838: Angelica Kauffmann
- 1844: L’Héritage de vie
- 1848: Pensées morales et maximes
- 1854: Stella et Vanessa
- 1855: L'oncle Tom, drama in 5 acts and 9 tableaux
- 1860: Les Deux filles de M. Dubreuil
- 1862: ''Le Doyen de Saint-Patrick''