Career
The novels of J. H. Rosny are full of scientific knowledge, of astronomy, anthropology, zoology and, above all, sociology. The elder Rosny was the sole author of the earlier novels, and began novelwriting as an avowed disciple of Zola. Nell Horn, membre de l"armée du salut (1885) is a picture of London life and social reform.
Le Bilateral (1886) and Marc Fane (1888) describe the revolutionary and anarchist parties of Paris.
L"Immolation (1887) is a brutal story of peasant life. Le Termite (1890) is a picture of literary life in Paris.
And Vamireh (1891), with Erymah (1895), and Les Profondeurs de Kyamo (short stories, 1896) and others deal with prehistoric manitoba Military Medal. Among their later novels the more famous are: Daniel Valgraive (1891), a study in the possibilities of personal sacrifice.
L"Imperieuse Bonte (1894), an indictment of Parisian charity.
L"Indomptée (1895), the history of a female medical student in Paris. Le Serment (1896, dramatized 1897). Les Ames perdues (1899), another anarchist novel.
Louisiana Charpente (1900).
Thérèse Degaudy (1902). Le Crime du docteur (1903). Le Docteur Harambur (1904).
Le Millionaire (1905).
And Sous le fardeau (1906).
