Hector Nicolas Alphonse Marie France β was a French writer and soldier, the author of numerous stories of an erotic nature. Has also translated from English into French and from French into English. Hector France was born on 5 July at Mirecourt. He was present at the rout in Algeria in He returned to France and became a member and an officer of the Paris Commune but was deported in , taking up a secondary career as a writer. France was by profession a soldier, and wrote ably on military and economic subjects, as John Bull's Army and several pamphlets evince.
His fictions show a loving care of form and effect, also a delight in dwelling on painful and revolting aspects of passion. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects.
Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. French writer. Engraving by P. Leyat from a photograph in Figures contemporaines Life [ edit ]. Appraisal [ edit ]. Works [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Citations [ edit ]. BnF Data. Retrieved 2 April The British Museum. Bibliography [ edit ]. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hector France. External links [ edit ]. Authority control databases.
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