Henri Ardel

Henri Ardel (pseudonym of Berthe Abraham; 1863–1938) was a French writer. She was a recipient of the and of the Ordre des Palmes académiques.

Biography Berthe Marie Victorine Palmyre Abraham was born in Amiens on 6 June 1863. Her parents, Lucie Mathilde Pillier and Alphonse Abraham. She lived in Enghien, then Paris. His sister, Marie-Louise, born 10 May 1877, married Georges Le Cordier; a writer herself, she took the pseudonym "Colette Henri-Ardel" after Berthe's death. Bertha was a teacher in a class for young girls. She made her literary debut by sending a short story to who encouraged her. One of the many female writers who took a male pseudonym, she was author of "sentimental novels for ladies" published by Plon, in the Stella collection or in the Nelson collection. These novels were very successful:

During the last ten years of her life, Ardel was involved in a charity to help poor children and to catechize them.

She died on 6 January 1938, and is buried in the Montreuil cemetery in Versailles.

Awards and honours She was a recipient of the Prix Botta for Cœur de sceptique in 1894, and of the Ordre des Palmes académiques in 1904.

Selected works

Près du bonheur, New York, W. R. Jenkins, collection "Contes choisis", no. 18, 1893, with English notes by Eugène Rigal (text, via Hathitrust) Cœur de sceptique (1894), Prix Botta L'Été de Guillemette, Plon, 1908 (text, via Internet Archive) Colette Bryce au Maroc, Plon, 1937 Les Vacances de la famille Bryce, Plon, 1928 Le Feu sous la cendre, Nelson, 1928, illustrations by Georges Dutriac Un conte bleu (1922) L'Appel souverain (1923) La nuit tombe (1928) Le Feu sous la cendre (1928) Seule, Nelson, 1929, illustrations by Georges Dutriac La petite Moune followed by Le Masque (novel), A. Fayard et Cie, Collection "Jeunes femmes & jeunes filles" no. 17 (1930) Le Mal d'aimer (1933) La Faute d'autrui (1933) L'Absence, Plon, 1933 Ainsi souffla le vent (1934) L'Heure décisive, Plon, 1901 (text, via Internet Archive) Mon cousin Guy, Plon, 1896; English translation: Little Arlette or my cousin Guy by Francis Furey, Kilner, 1899 (text, via Internet Archive) René Orlis Rêve blanc, Plon, collection of La Liseuse no. 102, 1929 Le Rêve de Suzy Tout arrive (PDF text, via memoire.arald.org) L'Autre Miracle Il était une adroite princesse Les Deux Visages de l'amour Le Chemin qui descend (1916) Il faut marier Jean (1925) L'Étreinte du passé (1918) Les Âmes closes Ève et le Serpent, Plon, 1930