Léon de Wailly
Armand François Léon de Wailly was a 19th-century French novelist, playwright, adaptator and translator.Biography
Born into a family of writers and academics, graduated from the École des chartes, Léon de Wailly became a close friend of Alfred de Vigny and worked as private secretary for. He became known for his numerous translations of English writers and his collaboration with P. J. Stahl in the adaptation of British classics. Gustave de Wailly was his brother.Works
- 1825: Le Mort dans l’embarras, comédie nouvelle, in 3 acts and in verse, with Gustave de Wailly
- 1834: Benvenuto Cellini, opera in 2 acts, libretto with Henri Auguste Barbier and Alfred de Vigny, music by Hector Berlioz
- 1838: Angelica Kauffmann
- 1844: L’Héritage de vie
- 1848: Pensées morales et maximes
- 1854: Stella et Vanessa
- 1855: L'oncle Tom, drama in 5 acts and 9 tableaux
- 1860: Les Deux filles de M. Dubreuil
- 1862: Le Doyen de Saint-Patrick
Translations
He translated works from Matthew Gregory Lewis, Jonathan Swift, Shakespeare, Henry Fielding, Robert Burns, Laurence Sterne and also Fanny Burney.Adaptations
- Mary Bell, William et Lafaine. La vie des enfants en Amérique, Adapted from English by P.-J. Stahl and de Wailly, Hetzel, 1895
- Les Vacances de Riquet et de Madeleine, Adapted from English by P.-J. Stahl and de Wailly, Hetzel, 1908-1909
