Henry Gréville (Alice Durand) (1842–1902)

[Alice Marie Celeste (Fleury) Durand].  Frenchwoman of letters, born in Paris on the 12th of October 1842; received her education from her father, and went with him to St. Petersburg, Russia, where he was professor of modern languages in the university. She contributed to Russian journals under the pseudonym “Henry Gréville.” In 1872 she married Émile Durand, professor of French in the college at St. Petersburg, and returned to France, where she wrote novels on Russian life, etc., and contributed to French periodicals. Among her works, published under the name “Henry Gréville,” are Dosia (1876); Madame de Dreux (1881); Aurette (1891); and Péril (1891). See also Dosia’s Daughter and Sonia.