Musset, Alfred Louis Charles de
(1810–1857)
Musset, Alfred Louis Charles deMusset, Alfred Louis CharlesAlfred Louis Charles Musset (B * PARIS, 1810 – D † PARIS, 1857) French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, member of the cénacles (literary / artistic groups) formed by Victor Hugo. His early poetry was regarded as too frivolous and unserious by their members. He wrote a drama that failed in the theater, causing him to write more plays, specifically for armchair reading. His passionate, ultimately unhappy, affair (1833–1835) with writer…