Born in Isigny-sur-Mer, he trained as a lawyer in Paris and then, thanks to his links with the right-wing Legitimists, was arrested after the French Revolution of 1848. After his release he traveled in northern Europe and the Mediterranean, visiting Liguria in 1850 and giving a long description of Genoa's historic city centre in his travel journal Brève vision hivernale d'un voyageur normand. On his return to France in 1851, he was made a doctor of letters at Caen University after writing a thesis on Aeschylus.
Énault became a prominent man of letters, publishing fiction, nonfiction, and translations. He collaborated with Gustave Doré to produce an illustrated 1876 work on the industrial revolution in London, widely admired for the realism of its over 170 woodcuts and for its text, comparing London's architecture with the neoclassical monuments Énault had visited in Valletta on Malta during his travels on French medieval crusader routes. His translations into French included Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
He also wrote as an arts and literary critic for several publications including la Vie à la campagne, Le Nord (published in Belgium), Le Constitutionnel, La Gazette, Le Figaro and L'Illustration. In his "Chronique" column for La revue des jeux, des arts et du sport, Énault wrote a fiery rebuke of Émile Zola, occasioned by the production of a play based on Zola's novel l'Assommoir:
We must descend…to arrive at the thin personality of M. Zola, who would like to be the ox, but who is still only the frog.…L'Ambigu, who was never more comical, has just given us l'Assommoir.…It will perhaps mark the zenith of the most abject literary school [naturalism] that has ever held the attention of contemporaries. I do not think that her reign is long: disgust awaits her, and she will soon fall into it. M. Zola…who combines cynicism and platitude, sees in nature only the despicable and coarse. He prefers the polluted trickle of suburbs to the pure water of great lakes….He wallows voluptuously in all the turpitudes he cares to imagine, and drags his audience with him. This is a morbid case like scabies, like malignant and purulent pustules, or leprosy: it presents a case for the clinic, not the critic. We treat these people, but we don't talk about it in good company.…We have, in fact, too much respect for our readers to condemn them to an analysis of a piece like L'Assommoir.…These promiscuities without modesty and without love, these debauches without passion, these tableaux of rudeness thats revolt the delicate, these bad mores of the lowest order, without elegance, without grace and without varnish, these bouquets of poisonous plants growing on manure, would offer them only sadness without compensation.[1]
In an open letter responding to Énault's diatribe, Émile Blavet [fr] identified Énault as the polar opposite of Zola: "You, my dear Énault, [are] the official painter of worldly elegance, the poet of veiled and delicate feelings, the historiographer of aristocratic adventures, the idealistic writer par excellence…."[2]
Énault died in Paris. Celebrated in his lifetime but afterward little known, he is cited by Jules Romains as an example of a writer who knew notoriety and even glory but whose name meant nothing to the following generation.[3]
Worksedit
Works translated into Englishedit
The Pupil of the Legion of Honor, novel, translated by Mrs. Rebecca L. Tutt, with a preface by Énault (1871)
Christine, novel, translated by Elizabeth W. Pendleton (1883)
The Captain's Dog, a Story for Young and Old, novel, translated by Huntington Smith (1888); another translaiton (1880) is credited to J.A.A.
Carine, a Story of Sweden, novel, translated by Linda da Kowalewska (1891)
Arts and historyedit
Eschyle (1851)
Le Salon de 1852 (1852)
Le Salon de 1853 (1853)
Mémoires et correspondance de madame d'Épinay, précédées d'une étude sur sa vie et ses œuvres (1855) Online version
Paris brûlé par la Commune (1871)
Les Arts industriels : Vienne, Londres, Paris (1877)
Les Beaux-Arts à l'Exposition universelle de 1878 (1878)
Guide du Salon (3 volumes, 1880-1882)
Paris-Salon (2 volumes, 1881-1883)
Travel writingedit
Young women near Glasgow, illustration by Gavarni for Angleterre, Écosse, Irlande, voyage pittoresque (A Picturesque Trip through England, Scotland and Ireland, 1859).
Promenades en Belgique et sur les bords du Rhin (1852)
La Terre-Sainte, voyage des quarante pèlerins en 1853 (1854) Texte en ligne
Constantinople et la Turquie, tableau de l'Empire ottoman (1855)
Harriet Beecher Stowe : La Case de l'oncle Tom, ou Vie des nègres en Amérique (1859)
Referencesedit
^Énault, Louis. "Chronique", La revue des jeux, des arts et du sport , January 5, 1879, pp. 162-163.
^Blaver, Émile. "Courrier des Théâtres," La revue des jeux, des arts et du sport, February 8, 1879, pp. 199, 203.
^(in French) Jules Romains, Les Hommes de bonne volonté. XI? - Recours à l’abîme, Flammarion, 1936, p. 39.
Sourcesedit
"Biographical Notice" in Le chien du capitaine by Louis Enault, Toronto: The W.J. Gage Company, undated, pp. v-vi.
Chamberlain, A.F. "Sketch of Énault's Life and Works" in Le chien du capitaine by Louis Enault, Toronto: W.J. Gage & Co., 1890, pp. 1-2.
Fontaine, C. Preface, Le chien du capitaine by Louis Enault, Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1903, pp. 3-4.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louis Énault.
Book review of Énault's Un Amour en Laponie in The North American Review, Oct., 1862.
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louis, Énault, 1824, march, 1900, french, journalist, novelist, translator, sometimes, used, pseudonym, louis, vernon, contents, life, works, works, translated, into, english, arts, history, travel, writing, fiction, works, stage, translations, references, sou. Louis Enault 1824 28 March 1900 was a French journalist novelist and translator He sometimes used the pseudonym Louis de Vernon Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2 1 Works translated into English 2 2 Arts and history 2 3 Travel writing 2 4 Fiction and works for the stage 2 5 Translations 3 References 4 Sources 5 External linksLife editBorn in Isigny sur Mer he trained as a lawyer in Paris and then thanks to his links with the right wing Legitimists was arrested after the French Revolution of 1848 After his release he traveled in northern Europe and the Mediterranean visiting Liguria in 1850 and giving a long description of Genoa s historic city centre in his travel journal Breve vision hivernale d un voyageur normand On his return to France in 1851 he was made a doctor of letters at Caen University after writing a thesis on Aeschylus Enault became a prominent man of letters publishing fiction nonfiction and translations He collaborated with Gustave Dore to produce an illustrated 1876 work on the industrial revolution in London widely admired for the realism of its over 170 woodcuts and for its text comparing London s architecture with the neoclassical monuments Enault had visited in Valletta on Malta during his travels on French medieval crusader routes His translations into French included Uncle Tom s Cabin and The Sorrows of Young Werther He also wrote as an arts and literary critic for several publications including la Vie a la campagne Le Nord published in Belgium Le Constitutionnel La Gazette Le Figaro and L Illustration In his Chronique column for La revue des jeux des arts et du sport Enault wrote a fiery rebuke of Emile Zola occasioned by the production of a play based on Zola s novel l Assommoir We must descend to arrive at the thin personality of M Zola who would like to be the ox but who is still only the frog L Ambigu who was never more comical has just given us l Assommoir It will perhaps mark the zenith of the most abject literary school naturalism that has ever held the attention of contemporaries I do not think that her reign is long disgust awaits her and she will soon fall into it M Zola who combines cynicism and platitude sees in nature only the despicable and coarse He prefers the polluted trickle of suburbs to the pure water of great lakes He wallows voluptuously in all the turpitudes he cares to imagine and drags his audience with him This is a morbid case like scabies like malignant and purulent pustules or leprosy it presents a case for the clinic not the critic We treat these people but we don t talk about it in good company We have in fact too much respect for our readers to condemn them to an analysis of a piece like L Assommoir These promiscuities without modesty and without love these debauches without passion these tableaux of rudeness thats revolt the delicate these bad mores of the lowest order without elegance without grace and without varnish these bouquets of poisonous plants growing on manure would offer them only sadness without compensation 1 In an open letter responding to Enault s diatribe Emile Blavet fr identified Enault as the polar opposite of Zola You my dear Enault are the official painter of worldly elegance the poet of veiled and delicate feelings the historiographer of aristocratic adventures the idealistic writer par excellence 2 Enault died in Paris Celebrated in his lifetime but afterward little known he is cited by Jules Romains as an example of a writer who knew notoriety and even glory but whose name meant nothing to the following generation 3 Works editWorks translated into English edit The Pupil of the Legion of Honor novel translated by Mrs Rebecca L Tutt with a preface by Enault 1871 Christine novel translated by Elizabeth W Pendleton 1883 The Captain s Dog a Story for Young and Old novel translated by Huntington Smith 1888 another translaiton 1880 is credited to J A A Carine a Story of Sweden novel translated by Linda da Kowalewska 1891 Arts and history edit Eschyle 1851 Le Salon de 1852 1852 Le Salon de 1853 1853 Memoires et correspondance de madame d Epinay precedees d une etude sur sa vie et ses œuvres 1855 Online version Paris brule par la Commune 1871 Les Arts industriels Vienne Londres Paris 1877 Les Beaux Arts a l Exposition universelle de 1878 1878 Guide du Salon 3 volumes 1880 1882 Paris Salon 2 volumes 1881 1883 Travel writing edit nbsp Young women near Glasgow illustration by Gavarni for Angleterre Ecosse Irlande voyage pittoresque A Picturesque Trip through England Scotland and Ireland 1859 Promenades en Belgique et sur les bords du Rhin 1852 La Terre Sainte voyage des quarante pelerins en 1853 1854 Texte en ligne Constantinople et la Turquie tableau de l Empire ottoman 1855 De Paris a Caen 1856 La Norvege 1857 Les Iles Hebrides 1858 La Vierge du Liban 1858 Angleterre Ecosse Irlande voyage pittoresque 1859 De Paris a Cherbourg itineraire historique et descriptif 1859 Nadeje 1859 Alba 1860 online version Histoire de la litterature des Hindous 1860 L Inde pittoresque 1861 Frantz Muller collaboration with Auguste de Chatillon suivi du Rouet d or et de Axel 1862 online version En province 1863 La Mediterranee ses iles et ses bords 1863 L Amerique centrale et meridionale 1867 Texte en ligne Londres illustrated by Gustave Dore 1876 Apres la mort L Enfer d apres des doctrines danoises et anglaises 1888 Fiction and works for the stage edit La Rose blanche 1857 Christine 1858 La Rose blanche Frere Jean Les Amours de Chiffonnette 1858 online version Hermine 1860 online version L Amour en voyage 1860 Un amour en Laponie 1861 online version Pele mele novels 1862 La Rose blanche Ines Une larme ou Petite pluie abat grand vent 1863 Le Roman d une veuve 1867 Un drame intime 1867 Le Mariage impromptu stage comedy 1863 Olga 1864 Irene Un mariage impromptu 1865 La Pupille de la Legion d honneur 2 volumes 1869 Histoire d une femme 1872 Les Perles noires 1872 Le Secret de la confession 1872 Stella 1873 La Destinee 1873 Le Bapteme du sang 2 volumes 1873 La Vie a deux Les Malheurs de Rosette Les Aventures de Madeleine La Race maudite 1874 La Circassienne 2 volumes 1877 La Veuve 1877 Le Chien du capitaine Trop curieux Les Roses du docteur Le Mont Saint Michel 1880 Cordoval serialised in Le Figaro in summer 1882 published by Hachette in November 1882 Les Diamants de la couronne 1884 Histoire d amour 1884 Le Chatiment 1887 Valneige 1887 Le Chateau des anges 1889 Le Sacrifice 1890 Tragiques amours 1891 Le Mirage 1892 Jours d epreuves 1894 La Tresse bleue Aimee La Chandelle romaine Le Noel des oiseaux Le Carnaval arlesien Une rose au cap Nord Un gentilhomme 1896 Pour un 1897 Le Rachat d une ame 1897 Myrto 1898 Hotel Ritz place Vendome 15 Paris 1899 Un drame au Marais 1899 Translations edit Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Werther 1855 Harriet Beecher Stowe La Case de l oncle Tom ou Vie des negres en Amerique 1859 References edit Enault Louis Chronique La revue des jeux des arts et du sport January 5 1879 pp 162 163 Blaver Emile Courrier des Theatres La revue des jeux des arts et du sport February 8 1879 pp 199 203 in French Jules Romains Les Hommes de bonne volonte XI Recours a l abime Flammarion 1936 p 39 Sources edit Biographical Notice in Le chien du capitaine by Louis Enault Toronto The W J Gage Company undated pp v vi Chamberlain A F Sketch of Enault s Life and Works in Le chien du capitaine by Louis Enault Toronto W J Gage amp Co 1890 pp 1 2 Fontaine C Preface Le chien du capitaine by Louis Enault Boston D C Heath amp Co 1903 pp 3 4 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louis Enault Book review of Enault s Un Amour en Laponie in The North American Review Oct 1862 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louis Enault amp oldid 1165536921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
