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Biography of Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, Madame du Deffand.
Madame du Deffand, a popular and influential Parisian salon hostess, was widely respected for her keen wit and intellect, and she was a prolific correspondent with a number of notable thought & literary figures of her time. Her letters to people such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, Fontenelle were published after her death by close friend Horace Walpole.
Author Benedetta Craveri, a professor of French literature, originally published the biography in Italian as "Madame du Deffand e il suo mondo" in 1982. She won awards for the work in Italy & France - this U.S. edition & English translation was published a little over a decade later in 1994.

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David R. Godine
Language
English
Pages
481

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Subjects
Authors, French, Biography, Court and courtiers, French Authors, History, Social life and customs, Parisian Salons, French Salons, French Society Hostess, Voltaire, Horace Walpole, Authors, french, Authors, biography, France, court and courtiers, France, social life and customs, France, history, 18th century, New York Times reviewed
People
Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Madame du Deffand (1696 or 1697-1780)
Places
Burgundy, France, Paris, Saône-et-Loire
Times
18th century

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1982, Adelphi
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Table of Contents

Chapter I. Youth Page 3 Chapter II. Friendship Without Romance: The Président Hénault Page 20 Chapter III. Sceaux Page 34 Chapter IV. Madame du Deffand's "Salon" Page 60 Chapter V. Illness Page 99 Chapter VI. The Return to Champround Page 108 Chapter VII. Paris Again Page 140 Chapter VIII. Madame du Deffand and Julie de Lespinasse at Saint-Joseph Page 158 Chapter IX. Friendship with Voltaire Page 186 Chapter X. The Romance: Horace Walpole Page 260 Chapter XI. Old Age Page 337
Biographical Notice. 393
Biographical Notes. 395
Notes [Footnotes]. 433

Edition Notes

Includes detailed bibliographical notes (pp. 395-432) with alphabetical listing and descriptions of the people and places mentioned in the book. Footnotes (pp. 433-495) are also detailed and provide some additional historic context.

Other Titles
Madame du Deffand e il suo mondo [Original Italian title]
Copyright Date
1982 (Original Italian edition), 1994 (First English translation & U.S. edition)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
848/.509, B
Library of Congress
PQ1981.D65 C713 1994, PQ1981.D65C713 1994

Contributors

Translator
Teresa Waugh

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
481 p. :
Number of pages
481

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1108930M
Internet Archive
madamedudeffandh00crav
ISBN 10
1567920012
LCCN
94034283
Library Thing
209181
Goodreads
830132

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