WRITER

Eugène Sue

1804 - 1857

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Marie-Joseph "Eugène" Sue (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn sy]; 26 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène Sue has received more than 187,103 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Sue is the 651st most popular writer (down from 592nd in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from France (down from 704th in 2019) and the 107th most popular French Writer.

Eugène Sue is most famous for writing the novel The Wandering Jew.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

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  • 64.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le juif errant
Le Juif errant
La Coucaratcha
A Cardinal Sin
Fiction
Translated by Alexina Loranger
Histoire de la marine française
Les Mystères du peuple, ou Histoire d\'une famille de prolétaires à travers les âges

Page views of Eugène Sues by language

Over the past year Eugène Sue has had the most page views in the with 51,126 views, followed by English (25,554), and Russian (15,493). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Silesian (57.07%), Macedonian (45.82%), and Latin (44.98%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eugène Sue ranks 651 out of 7,302Before him are Michael Crichton, Muriel Spark, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Harper Lee, and Martin Amis. After him are Ernest Thompson Seton, Giosuè Carducci, Ryszard Kapuściński, Pietro Metastasio, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Camilo José Cela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Eugène Sue ranks 17Before him are Mongkut, Mikhail Glinka, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Richard Owen, Marie Taglioni, and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. After him are John Deere, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Carl von Rokitansky, and Eduard Mörike. Among people deceased in 1857, Eugène Sue ranks 9Before him are Carl Czerny, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Eugène François Vidocq, Alfred de Musset, Dominic Savio, and Mikhail Glinka. After him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Francis Beaufort, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, and Louis Jacques Thénard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Sue ranks 768 out of 6,770Before him are Juliette Gréco (1927), Fanny Ardant (1949), René Coty (1882), Roscellinus (1050), Mylène Demongeot (1935), and Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788). After him are Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), Eric Cantona (1966), Adélaïde of France (1732), Auguste Mariette (1821), and Edmond James de Rothschild (1845).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Eugène Sue ranks 107Before him are Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Pierre Loti (1850), Madame Roland (1754), and Raymond Queneau (1903). After him are Frontinus (30), Marie de France (1101), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Bernard Gui (1261), Jean Froissart (1337), and Maurice Denis (1870).