Marie Régnier

Marie Régnier (July 11, 1840 in Paris – March 18, 1887 in Paris) was a French writer; a friend of Gustave Flaubert, she exchanged many letters with him.

She wrote under the penname of Daniel Darc.

[1] Born Marie-Sidonie Serrure, she married in 1861 Raoul-Emmanuel Régnier, a doctor, and went to live with him at Mantes-la-Jolie; she came back to live in Paris in 1881.

[2][1] She was a regular contributor to the daily newspaper Le Figaro.

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Illustration by Félix et Frédéric Régamey from Daniel Darc's book, La Princesse Méduse (Paris, 1880)