Editing Eugène Labiche (section)

==Early life==
He was born into a [[bourgeois]] family and studied law.<ref>{{cite book|last1=McLeish|first1=Kenneth|title=An Italian Straw Hat|date=1996|publisher=Nick Hern Books Limited|location=Introduction|isbn=978-1-85459-300-9|url=http://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/books/an-italian-straw-hat-iid-155183/do-9781784603236-div-00000002|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref> At the age of twenty, he contributed a short story to ''Chérubin'' magazine, entitled "Les plus belles sont les plus fausses" ("The most beautiful are the most fake/false"). A few others followed, but failed to catch the attention of the public.{{sfn|Filon|1911|pp=4-5}}