Pierre-Marie-Charles de Bernard Du Grail de la Villette, called Charles de Bernard, turned into born in Besançon on February 24, 1804, and died in Sablonville (now Neuilly-sur-Seine) on March 6, 1850. He become a French novelist and brief tale writer, and a friend of Balzac. Charles de Bernard gained tremendous recognition inside the 1840s. Coming from a completely old circle of relatives in Vivarais, he studied on the Collège de Besançon and later at the Faculty of Law in Dijon. In 1830, he wrote a series of legitimist articles for La Gazette de Franche-Comté. The following year, he posted a laudatory critique of La Peau de chagrin in the Gazette, earning him a thank-you letter from the writer. Encouraged by using Balzac, Charles de Bernard moved to Paris, wherein he related to the literary circle of Charles Nodier. In 1832, he posted a quantity of elegiac poems titled Plus deuil que joie, which unluckily did now not locate achievement. Disheartened, he withdrew to his place of origin. Balzac visited him in 1833, providing advice and persuading him to return to Paris. Charles de Bernard resumed writing and published several short memories in La Chronique de Paris. His first series, titled Le Noeud gordien, changed into posted in 1838.
