Fortuné du Boisgobey was born at Granville (Manche), and graduated from the Lycée Saint-Louis.

[1] In 1843, using the name Fortuné Abraham-Dubois, he made his literary debut in the Journal d'Avranches with a series entitled Lettres de Sicile recounting a voyage he had taken the year before.

[3] His first successful novel, Les Deux comédiens appeared in 1868, under the du Boisgobey pen name in the Petit Journal.

[1] His reputation was increased by the publication of Une Affaire mystérieuse and Le Forçat colonel, both published there in 1869.

[2] In 1885 and 1886 he was President of the Committee of the Société des gens de lettres.