Alain René Le Sage

Alain René Le Sage (1668-1747) was a French dramatist and novelist, born at Sarzeau, in Brittany. He was educated at a Jesuit school at Vannes. He went to Paris in 1692, studied the Spanish language and literature, and produced translations of Spanish works and imitations. Some of his dramas attained great popularity, and one in particular, the "Turcaret," a satire on the time generally, and not merely, as represented, on financiers of the period, gave offence. However, the works by which he is best known are his novels "Le Diable Boiteux" and "Gil Blas," his masterpiece.

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