English translation copyright © 2009 by Richard Sieburth

First Archipelago Book edition, 2009

Originally appeared as Les faux saulniers in Le National newspaper in Paris, 1850.
This edition follows the text established and annotated by Jacques Bony in volume
two of Nerval’s Oeuvres complètes (Bibiothèque de la Pléaide, 1984).
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nerval, Gérard de, 1808-1855.
[Faux saulniers. English]
The salt smugglers / by Gérard de Nerval ;
translated from the French by Richard Sieburth.
p. cm.
Translation of: Les faux saulniers.

eISBN : 978-0-981-98739-2

1. Lost books — France — Fiction. 2. Censorship — France — History —
19th century — Fiction. 3. Satire. I. Sieburth, Richard. II. Title.
PQ2260.G36F’.7 — dc22
2009014413

 

The publishers are grateful for the support of Lannan Foundation,
the Florence Gould Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts,
and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.