Principal Works
Poetry
Poésies [Poems] 1830
*Albertus ou l'Ame et le péché [Albertus, or the Soul and the Sin] 1833
La comédie de la mort [The Comedy of Death] 1838
España [Spain] 1845
Emaux et camées [Enamels and Cameos] 1852; enlarged edition (1872) [Enamels and Cameos and Other Poems, 1903]
Poésies complétes. 3 vols. [Complete Poems] 1932
Gentle Enchanter: Thirty-Four Poems by Théophile Gautier 1961
Other Major Works
Les Jeunes-France, romans goguenards (satire) 1833
Mademoiselle de Maupin (novel) 1835-36 [Mademoiselle de Maupin, 1890]
L'eldorado (novella) 1837; also published as Fortunio, 1838 [Fortunio, 1915]
**Une larme du diable (short story) 1839
Giselle ou les Wilts [with Vernoy Saint-Georges] (ballet scenario) 1841
Tra los montes (travel essay) 1843; also published as Voyage in Espagne 1845 [Wanderings in Spain, 1853]
Les grotesques (criticism) 1844
Nouvelles (novellas) 1845
Zigzags (travel essays) 1845; also published as Caprices and Zigzags (enlarged edition) 1852
Jean et Jeanette (novel) 1850; also published in Un trio de romans 1852
Italia (travel essay) 1852; also published as Voyage en Italie (enlarged edition) 1875 [Journeys in Italy 1902]
Constantinople (travel essay) 1853 [Constantinople of Today, 1854]
Les beaux-arts en Europe (criticism) 1855
Théâtre de poche (drama) 1855; also published as Théâtre (enlarged edition) 1872
Avatar (novel) 1857
Jettatura (novel) 1857 [Jettatura, 1888]
Romans and contes (novels and short stories) 1857
Le roman de la momie (novel) 1858 [The Romance of a Mummy, 1882]
Histoire de l'art dramatique en France depuis vingt-cinq ans. 6 vols. (criticism) 1858-59
Le Capitane Fracasse (novel) 1863 [Captain Fracasse 1880]
Spirite (novel) 1866
Voyage en Russie (travel essay) 1867 [A Winter in Russia, 1874]
Histoire du romantisme (unfinished critical essay) 1872 [A History of Romanticism, 1900]
The Works of Théophile Gautier. 24 vols. (novels, short stories, travel essays, criticism, drama, novellas, and poetry) 1900-03
The Romantic Ballet (criticism) 1932
Contes fantastiques (short stories) 1962
*This volume includes material in Poésies.
**This volume also includes "Une nuit de Cleopatre," "Omphale," and "La morte amoureuse."
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