The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Achard, Louis Amédée Eugène

ACHARD, Louis Amédée Eugène, ăsh-ar, loo-ē ạm-ā-dā ė-zhān, French novelist: b. April 1814; d. 25 March 1875. Originally a merchant, he became a contributor to several Paris journals in 1838. After the revolution of 1848 he was as a royalist political writer; 1848–72 the Revue des Deux Mondes brought out almost annually a new story from his pen. He depicts pre-eminently conflicts in family life and society. ‘Parisian Letters,’ published in 1838 under the pseudonym of “Grimm,” made his reputation. Other works of his are ‘Belle Rose’ (1847); ‘The Royal Chase’ (1849–50); ‘Castles in Spain’ (1854); ‘The Shirt of Nessus’ (1855); ‘Chains of Iron’ (1867); ‘The Viper’ (1874).