Educated at the Besancon College and at the Universities of Dijon and Paris, Bernard studied law and was very interested in politics. In 1829, he was award a prize for Une fete de Neron, his first literary success. He became a close friend of Balzac who urged him to write novels. He moved to Paris and, in 1838, published Plus Deuil qui Joie, a volume of poetry. Later that same year, he published Gerfaut, considered to be his finest work and one which won critical acclaim from the French Academy. His other works include Le Noeud Gordien (1838), Le Paravent (1839), Les Ailes d'Icare (1840), La Peau de Lion (1841), L'Ecueil (1842), Un Beau-pere (1845) and Le Gentilhomme campagnard (1847). |
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