Pauline Cassin Caro (née, Cassin; pen name, P. Albane; 1828/34/35 – 28 January 1901, Paris) was a French Catholic novelist.[1][2] She wrote under her own name and using the pseudonym, "P. Albane".[3] Caro died in 1901.

Pauline Cassin Caro
BornPauline Cassin
1828/34/35
France
Died28 January 1901
Paris, France
Pen nameP. Albane
Occupationnovelist
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrench
SpouseElme Marie Caro (d. 1887)
Children1
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Biography

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Pauline[a] Cassin was born in 1828/34/35.[2][4] Her father was a functionary in the university and while still young, he died from a typhoid epidemic. A brother and sister died within a few months thereafter. Long afterwards, her only child, a daughter, died at the age of 23. Then Mrs. Caro's mother died, and finally her husband, Elme Marie Caro (1887), who had been a member of the Académie Française, leaving the widow alone in the world.[1]

She wrote four novels under a fictitious name: Le Peche de Madeleine, Flamen, Histoire de Souci, and Les Nouvelles Amours d'Hermann et de Dorothee. Fifteen years afterwards, she resumed her writing and published, Amour de Jeune Fille, Complice!, Fausse Route, Fruits Amers, L'Idole, Les Lendemains.[1]

She died in Paris, 28 January 1901.[2][4]

Selected works

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  • Le Péché de Madeleine, 1865
  • Flamen, 1866
  • Histoire de Souci, 1868
  • Les Nouvelles Amours d'Hermann et de Dorothee, 1872
  • Amour de Jeune Fille, 1892
  • Complice!, 1893
  • La Fausse Route, 1890
  • Fruits Amers, 1892
  • L'Idole, 1894
  • Les Lendemains, 1895
  • Idylle nuptiale, 1897
  • Pas à pas, 1898
  • Aimer c'est vaincre: roman illustré de 42 dessins d'apès ..., 1904

Notes

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  1. ^ Bazin (1899) mistakenly records her given name as "Caroline".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bazin, René (1899). A Round Table of the Representative French Catholic Novelists: At which is Served a Feast of Excellent Stories. Benziger. p. 65-. Retrieved 6 February 2022.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b c "CARO, MME. PAULINE CASSIN". The American Library Annual. Office of the Publishers' Weekly. 1902. p. 267. Retrieved 6 February 2022.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ New International Encyclopedia. Dodd, Mead. 1914. Retrieved 6 February 2022.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ a b "MME. CARO IS DEAD". The Atlanta Constitution. 28 January 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 February 2022 – via Newspapers.com.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.