About, Edmond François Valentin (1828–1885)
French writer. His novels include Le Roi des montagnes/The King of the Mountains
(1856), Le Nez d’un notaire/The Lawyer’s Nose (1862), L’Homme à l’oreille cassée/
The Man with the Broken Ear (1867), Le Cas de M Guérin (1862), and Le Roman d’un
brave homme/The Story of a Good Man (1880).
He also contributed to journals, founded Le XIX Siècle/The Nineteenth Century in
1871, and wrote Le Progrès, a study of social reforms, and ABC du travailleur/
Handbook of Social Economy; or, The Worker’s ABC (1868; translated 1872).