I Was a Literary Tycoon in France in the 19th Century

Luc was a master's student specializing in French literary history. One night, while working on a paper on a Maupassant novel, he died and was reborn into the body of a bankrupt rich young man in 19th-century France. The bankrupt young man's entire fortune was barely enough to eat half a month's worth of black bread. As he picked up the bread—enough to be a murder weapon—Luc fell into deep thought: was he destined to be a pauper for life? In a single second, he made a less-than-noble decision: he would earn money by plagiarizing—no, writing novels. Sorry, Maupassant, Zola… your works are excellent, now they're mine! Starting with "Riding a Horse," Luc re-entered the doors of high society. Literary giants, lawyers, members of parliament… step by step, he rose from a bankrupt young man on the verge of dropping out of school to become the uncrowned king of France!