The Mysteries of the People, or History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages, original in French "Les Mystères du peuple" (1849–1856), was suppressed by the censor in 1857, and several others, all on a very large scale, though the number of volumes gives an exaggerated idea of their length. Some of his books, among them The Wandering Jew and The Mysteries of Paris, were dramatised by himself, usually in collaboration with others. His period of greatest success and popularity coincided with that of Alexandre Dumas, with whom he has been compared.(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Marie-Joseph "Eugène" Sue (26 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He was one of several authors who popularised the genre of the serial novel in France with his very popular and widely imitated "The Mysteries of Paris", which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)