A Romance of Youth|Volume 3 (Esprios Classics)

François Edouard Joachim Coppée (26 January 1842 - 23 May 1908) was a French poet and novelist. His first printed verses date from 1864. In 1869 his Poème modernes (among others La Grève de forgerons) were quite successful. In the same year Coppées first play Le Passant starring Sarah Bernhardt and Madame Agar was received with approval at the Odéon theatre and later Fais ce que dois (1871) and Les Bijoux de la délivrance (1872) short poetic dramas inspired by the Franco-Prussian War were applauded. After holding a post in the library of the senate Coppée was chosen in 1878 as archivist of the Comédie Française an office he held till 1884.