Delavigne

The Gounod libretto, written by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne is, however, directly based on

Lewis/Gounod's Bleeding Nonne: An Introduction and Translation of the Scribe/Delavigne Libretto 2005

In revising Lewis's narrative for the operatic stage, however, Scribe and Delavigne tried to make the private public by mapping a patriotic tale onto a domain of family secrets and hidden conflicts.

Lewis/Gounod's Bleeding Nonne: An Introduction and Translation of the Scribe/Delavigne Libretto 2005

Scribe and Delavigne superimposed on Lewis's Gothic horror story is certainly not unexpected and not necessarily inappropriate to the Gothic itself.

Lewis/Gounod's Bleeding Nonne: An Introduction and Translation of the Scribe/Delavigne Libretto 2005

Introduction and Translation of the Scribe/Delavigne

Lewis/Gounod's Bleeding Nonne: An Introduction and Translation of the Scribe/Delavigne Libretto 2005

Delavigne have Luddorf simply act on his sudden change of heart, which leads him to die in his son's place.

Lewis/Gounod's Bleeding Nonne: An Introduction and Translation of the Scribe/Delavigne Libretto 2005

He is a poet, a great poet; he is going to cut out Canalis, and Beranger, and Delavigne.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

Delavigne, and Touraine of the author of Eloa; Angoumois that gave birth, in the days of Louis XIII., to our illustrious fellow-countryman Guez, better known under the name of

Eve and David 2007

Scribe and Delavigne changed Lewis's narrative substantially.

Lewis/Gounod's Bleeding Nonne: An Introduction and Translation of the Scribe/Delavigne Libretto 2005

Delavigne, and Touraine of the author of Eloa; Angoumois that gave birth, in the days of Louis XIII., to our illustrious fellow-countryman Guez, better known under the name of

Eve and David 2007

La Nonne, Scribe and Delavigne found ready excuses for new Gothic spectacles in their libretto.

Lewis/Gounod's Bleeding Nonne: An Introduction and Translation of the Scribe/Delavigne Libretto 2005