(or ) was a Parisian literary periodical named for Alain-René Lesage's novel . It was founded by the sculptor Augustin-Alexandre Dumont in November 1879.
serialized novels, such as Émile Zola's (1884) and (1885), before they appeared in book form. Numerous Guy de Maupassant short stories debuted in . The journal was also known for its opinionated arts and theatre criticism. Contributors included René Blum, Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești,Cernat, , p.42. and Abel Hermant. Théophile Steinlen and Albert Guillaume provided illustrations.
In the years 1903 to 1911 was owned and operated by Paul Ollendorff and Antonin Périvier. The newspaper was published regularly until 1914, when there was a short hiatus due to the outbreak of World War I. Afterwards, it was published intermittently until 1938."Gil Blas", Bibliothèque nationale de France. Accessed Jan. 20, 2015.
In addition to , serialized the Zola novels , , and .
critic Louis Vauxcelles's phrase "" ('Donatello among the wild beasts') brought notoriety and attention to the works of Henri Matisse and Les Fauves exhibited at the Salon d'Automne of 1905. Vauxcelles' comment was printed on 17 October 1905 and passed into popular usage.Chilver, Ian (Ed.). "Fauvism" , The Oxford Dictionary of Art, Oxford University Press, 2004. December 26, 2007.
Contributors Some well-known authors who were published in include:
Paul Arène Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Émile Bergerat Léon Bloy Paul Bourget Robert Caze Léon Cladel Claude Debussy Charles Desteuque Clovis Hugues Maurice Lefebvre-Lourdet Camille Lemonnier René Maizeroy Hector Malot Guy de Maupassant Catulle Mendès Georges Ohnet Richard O'Monroy Jean Richepin Henri Rochefort Paul Armand Silvestre Jules Vallès Pierre Veber Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam Émile Zola
Controversies In 1887, after seeing a dress-rehearsal of Victorien Sardou's at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris (with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role), published a complete description of the plot on the morning of opening night. Following the premiere, Sardou brought a successful suit for damages against .Hart (1913) p. 121; (December 1887) p. 346
In 1888 Camille Lemonnier was prosecuted in Paris for "offending against public morals" by a story in , and was condemned to a fine.
References
External links Digitized issues of from 1879 to 1940 in Gallica, the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, (BnF)