Steffie Van Neste (°1994) studied Latin and French Linguistics and Literature and Multilingual Business Communication (Advanced Master) at Ghent University, and received her PhD in Literary Studies from Ghent University in 2022. She works on nineteenth-century literature and thought, with a particular focus on the relationship between the novel and the intellectual and cultural history of the period. Her recent books are Alexandre Dumas ou la curiosité moderne (Paris, Classiques Garnier, coll. "Littératures populaires", 2025) and Therapie met Bovary (Ghent, Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, 2025)