Courtesy of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

(1797–1863). One of the foremost French romantic writers was the poet, dramatist, and novelist Alfred de Vigny. He introduced into France the poem in the style of Lord Byron and Thomas Moore and the novel in the style of Sir Walter Scott.

Alfred-Victor Vigny was born on March 27, 1797, in Loches, France. He grew up in Paris and, while studying at a preparatory school, developed an “inordinate love for the glory of bearing…

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