Background
Antoine was on June 9, 1832, in Paris, France.
Antoine was on June 9, 1832, in Paris, France.
Antoine was educated as an artist and began to exhibit in Paris, France at the Salon of 1857.
Entre Nous (1867) was built on a similar plan, and was followed by some psychological novels: Le Cahier Bleu de Mlle Cibot (1868). Autour d'une Source (1869). Un Paquet de Lettres (1870). Babolain (1872); Les Étangs (1875). Une Femme Gênante (1875). And L'Enfant (1885). His Tristesses et Sourires (1884) is a delicate analysis of the niceties of family intercourse and its difficulties.
Droz's first book was translated into English under the title of Papa, Mamma, and Baby (1887). "Gustave Droz saw love within marriage as the key to human happiness and condemned any man who made marriage sound dull and practical." "He urged women to follow their hearts and marry a man nearly their own age."