Élie Berthet
Élie Berthet (8 June 1815 - 3 February 1891) was a French novelist.
Berthet was born in Limoges. A most prolific writer, he wrote more than 100 novels about Paris, criminal affairs, the prehistoric world, and other subjects. His Les Houilleurs de Polignies is reported to have been one of the inspirations for Zola's Germinal. He died, aged 75, in Paris.
Works
La Veilleuse (recueil de récits, published under the penname Élie Raymond) (1835)
Le Pacte de famine (drama, with Paul Foucher) (1839)
Les Garçons de recette (drama, with Adolphe d'Ennery) (1840)
L'Ami du château (with Henry Monnier) (1841)
Le Colporteur (1841)
La Croix de l'affût (1841)
Le Chevalier de Clermont (with Henry Monnier) (1841)
Justin (1842)
Val d'Andorre (1842)
La Belle Drapière (1843)
Richard Le Fauconnier (1844)
La Ferme de l'Oseraie (1846)
Château de Montbrun (1847)
La Fille du cabanier (1847)
Le Pacte de famine (roman) (1847)
Paul Duvert (1848)
Le Château d'Auvergne (1848)
Une maison de Paris (1848)
La Mine d'or (1849)