Gréville, Alice (1842–1903)
Gréville, Alice (1842–1903)
French novelist and journalist. Name variations: Alice Greville; Alice Durand; Alice Marie Celeste Fleury Durand-Greville; Alice Durand; (pseudonym) Henry Gréville. Born Alice Marie Céleste Fleury in 1842, in Paris, France; died 1903 in France; dau. of a professor of French at University of St Petersburg; m. Emile-Alex Durand (1838–1914, professor of French).
Well educated, lived 15 years in Russia, returning to France (1872); novels and nonfiction, which reflect fascination with Russian culture, include Les Koumiassine (1877), Les Epreuves de Raïssa (1877), Instruction morale et civique des jeunes filles (1881), Un Violon Russe (1889), and Louk Loukitch (1890).
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