Desfontaines-Lavallée [SEP] native language
Desfontaines-Lavallée
François-Georges Fouques Deshayes (1733, Caen - 25 November 1825), known as Desfontaines or Desfontaines-Lavallée, was a French writer and playwright.
Before the French Revolution he worked as a royal censor, secretary and librarian. He cooperated in the publication of the "Nouvelle Bibliothèque des romans" ("New Library of Novels") and wrote several novels himself, including "Lettres de Sophie et du chevalier de ***" (1765).
He was one of the
Variétés littéraires, historiques, galantes, etc.", 8 vol.
- 1779–1781: "Histoire universelle des théâtres de toutes les nations, depuis Thespis jusqu'à nos jours", with Desfontaines-Lavallée, Testu et Le Fuel de Méricourt, 13 vol.
- 1795–1799: "Les Soirées littéraires, ou Mélanges de traductions nouvelles des plus beaux morceaux de l'antiquité, de pièces instructives et amusantes, françaises et étrangères", 10 vol.
- 1801–1802: "Spicilège de littérature ancienne ou moderne, ou Recueil d'ouvrages