He wrote a novel in which D'Albert and his mistress Rosette are both in love with ThÃ©adore, who is really the Mademoiselle de Maupin dressed as a man, and another novel of his describes the adventures of Captain Fracasse.
In one story by this author, a writer purchases the title "Mummy's Foot" only to find that the Egyptian princess who owns it wants it back; another story is about a ghost named Arria Marcella who died at Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius. Yet another story revolves around the priest Romauld who falls in love with a vampire Clarimond and lives with her in Venice, where she sucks his blood every night while he's asleep. He wrote a novel in which D'Albert and his mistress Rosette are both in love with ThÃ©adore, who is really the Mademoiselle de Maupin dressed as a man, and another novel of his describes the adventures of Captain Fracasse. He also authored the libretto for Adolphe Adam's ballet Giselle. FTP, name this writer who provided a motto for ►the Parnassian movement when he declared the beauty of "art for art's sake," a 19th century French author. 
In one story by this author, a writer purchases the title "Mummy's Foot" only to find that the Egyptian princess who owns it wants it back; another story is about a ghost named Arria Marcella who died at Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius.
Theophile Gautier