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Madame de Staël
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191 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1887
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April 1, 2017
There is exhaustive research behind this stylish, intelligent, 1887 biography of the famous Frenchwoman. I had not heard of the author, Bella Duffy, and was delighted by her sound grasp of the times and of her subject. And by her dry wit.
April 10, 2018
A fairly brief overview of the life of Germaine Necker, Madame de Stael.
My acquaintance with her has been mainly as the author of Corinne, but after reading this work, she looks to be quite a political force as well, mainly in her contentious relationship with Napoleon Bonaparte, resulting in several instances of exile for her throughout her life.
Her exiles were the bain of her life, because it appears that before anything else, de Stael was a Parisian. She seems to have thrived most on her native soil, although many members of her salon entourage followed her whereever she landed. So many names of the most influential writers and intellectuals of the day that I recognize, and so many more I don't.
De Stael was apparently a unique mixture of extreme intelligence and wit, mixed with guilelessness and naivete. She loved everyone she met; she wanted everyone she met to love her.
My acquaintance with her has been mainly as the author of Corinne, but after reading this work, she looks to be quite a political force as well, mainly in her contentious relationship with Napoleon Bonaparte, resulting in several instances of exile for her throughout her life.
Her exiles were the bain of her life, because it appears that before anything else, de Stael was a Parisian. She seems to have thrived most on her native soil, although many members of her salon entourage followed her whereever she landed. So many names of the most influential writers and intellectuals of the day that I recognize, and so many more I don't.
De Stael was apparently a unique mixture of extreme intelligence and wit, mixed with guilelessness and naivete. She loved everyone she met; she wanted everyone she met to love her.
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