"Tell me your first name, I will tell you the character of the novel that you are."
They were chosen by the greatest writers of French literature.
Hugo, Flaubert, Zola, Maupassant ... Their novels are dotted with heroes who bear our first name.
And we can't help imagining ourselves in their place: lucky or cursed hero, brilliant or damned destiny ... We all, or almost, have a romantic namesake.
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How did our writers choose them?
Did they know that these first names would remain engraved in the literary imagination?
Mystery.
Racine, with his
“Hippolyte”
, forever links this name to the figure of the tragic hero.
And any seasoned reader who hears the first name
"Cécile"
cannot help associating it with the figure of the ingenuous libertine Laclosienne, in
Dangerous Liaisons.
"Hélène"
,
"Guillaume"
,
"Olivia"
... Today, the editorial staff invites you to (re) discover these first names worn by the greatest heroes of French literature, thanks to Sarah Sauquet's work,
A First Name of heroine and of heroes
,
Dictionary of the most beautiful names inspired by literature
(Robert, 2019).
