LOUISE GAGNEUR
\luːwˈiːz ɡaɡnˈɜː], \luːwˈiːz ɡaɡnˈɜː], \l_uː_w_ˈiː_z ɡ_a_ɡ_n_ˈɜː]\
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A French novelist; born at Domblans, in the Jura, January (?) 1832. At 18 she wrote an essay on tradesunionism which attracted the attention of Vladimir Gagneur, a deputy in the Chamber, who married her. She wrote novels of a socialistic and anti-Catholic tendency, many of which proved popular. "An Expiation"; "The Black Crusade"; "The Story of a Priest"; and "The Crime of the Abbe Maufrac", are some of the better known among these works, which are characterized by vividness of narration and intense warmth of partisan feeling. Died 1902.
By Charles Dudley Warner
