Merville also wrote three novels: "Le Vagabond, histoire contemporaine" in 4 volumes (this novel is an exaggeration of the miseries of the people), "Le Baron de l'Empire" in 5 volumes (this novel tells the story of Charette and some peculiarities of the wars in the Vendée and Jacquot's fate), and "Saphorine, ou l'aventurière du Faubourg Saint-Antoine" in 2 volumes.