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Victor Cherbuliez (1829–1899)
Cherbuliez, Charles Victor (shãr-bü-lyā’). A French novelist and critic; born at Geneva, of a noted family of littérateurs, July 19, 1829; died at Combs-la-Ville, July 1, 1899. In 1864 he became one of the editors of the Revue des Deux Mondes, first gaining distinction as art critic and observer of public affairs, as also by his romances, under the pseudonym “G. Valbert.” He wrote a volume of art travels in Greece; ‘A Horse by Phidias’; ‘Political Spain’; ‘Foreign Profiles’; ‘Art and Nature’; etc. His romances are characterized by clever treatment of the problems of domestic and social life and a fine psychological analysis, with a marked bias for description of odd characters. Among his most successful novels—and their success has hardly been less abroad than at home—are: ‘Romance of a Respectable Woman’ (1866); ‘Ladislas Bolski’s Adventure’ (1869); ‘Samuel Brohl & Co.’ (1877). The last two were dramatized, but won little favor on the stage. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).