Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko tana whakaputanga tuatahi he pukapuka, "Émile", e pa ana ki tona whanautanga me tona oranga o mua, a ka puta i raro i te ingoa o Girardin i te 1827. I noho ia hei kaitirotiro toi pai i raro i te minita o Martignac i mua tonu o te
revolution of 1830, ā, he kaipāho kaha, he kaikawe hoki ia. I tua atu i tana mahi i runga i te panui o ia ra, i whakaputaina e ia etahi atu whakaputanga i tino nui te tohatoha. Ko tana "Journal des connaissances utiles" he 120,000 nga kaiohauru, ana ko te putanga tuatahi o tana "Almanach de France" (1834) i rere ki te miriona kape. I whakatuhia e ia te maheni tuhituhi whakaahua "Musée des familles" i te 1833.