Alphonse Karr

Overview

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808-1890), French journalist and novelist, founder of the satirical monthly Les Guêpes, which the BnF dates 1839-1849; Wikipedia records a failed attempt to revive it in 1852-55 and his move to Nice in 1855, where he took up flower-growing (Wikipedia, «Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr»; data.bnf.fr, «Les Guêpes (1839)»). The Mon Journal t.9 index calls him "Karr (Alphonse), journaliste".

Relevance to Marie

Mme Tutcheff claims that the scandal around Marie's family began when Karr told the Romanoff lawsuit "d'une façon assez singulière dans ses 'Guêpes'"; Marie answers that he wrote at the instigation of Mme Boutowsky and Mme Bezobrasoff (067.0283). In April 1877 she dismisses an argument as "emprunté à Alphonse Karr" (070/1877-04-17).

References in Diary

• First mentioned: 1876-10-23 (067.0283)
• 1877-04-17 (070)