Xavier de Montépin


Xavier Henri Aymon Perrin, Count of Montépin was a popular French novelist.
The author of serialised novels and popular plays, he is best known for the 19th-Century best-seller, La Porteuse de pain, which was first published in Le Petit Journal, from 1884 to 1889, and underwent many adaptations for theatre, film and television.
Le Médecin des pauvres, appeared in 1861 and was the subject of a plagiarism suit by author Louis-Étienne Jousserandot. Although the evidence was strongly in favour of Jousserandot, neither party prevailed and both parties were ordered to pay the court costs.
Les Filles de plâtre, appearing in 1855, was condemned as obscene and Perrin was tried and sentenced to three months in prison and a fine of 500 Francs.

Selected works

وسليمان نجيب، زكي رستم،وعمر الحريري، وحسين رياض
La vendeuse de pain, film égyptien adapté en 1953, dirigé par Hassan El-Imam, avec Amina Rizk, Shadia, Omar El-Hariri, Hussein Riad, Magda, Shoukry Sarhan et Zaki Rostom.
The bread peddler, 1953 film, directed by Hassan El-Imam, starring Amina Rezk, Shadia, Omar el Hariry, Hussein Riad, Magda, Shoukry Sarhan, and Zaki Rostom.