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Jan-Maat
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Adélaïde's aunt in the country "ne lisant que des livres de dévotion: elle ne connaissait pas le monde..." Adélaïde is a good niece and soon introduces her aunt to novels:"ensemble elles lisaient des romans ensemble elles priaient Dieu; elles s'exaltaient et s'attendrissaient ensemble..."
— Jul 26, 2026 01:39AM
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Jan-Maat
is on page 75 of 144
Dans ces climats brûlants, où les hommes, uniquement occupés d'un commerce et d'un gain barbares, semblent, pour la plupart, avoir perdu les idées et les sentiments qui pourraient leur en inspirer l'horreur, une jeune fille, nommée Pauline de Gercourt, avait été mariée à l'âge de treize ans à un négociant fort riche, et plus avide encore de le devenir.
What an opening sentence, a story in itself!
— Jul 26, 2026 08:14AM
What an opening sentence, a story in itself!
Jan-Maat
is on page 74 of 144
End 2nd story: adélaïde & théodore. After my 1st reading i had thought it was about the difficulties of a couple to get married. After reading 2nd time i understand it is instead about the struggle between a young wife and her mother-in -law, which is a bit different! Interesting theme, since i don't think that de staël ever met her own mother-in-law, or certainly wasn't a regular part of her life.
— Jul 26, 2026 08:07AM
Jan-Maat
is on page 61 of 144
"il n'y a pas au monde une plus abominable femme que votre belle-mere..."
Hmmm, i have heard that there is some competition for that title!
— Jul 26, 2026 04:54AM
Hmmm, i have heard that there is some competition for that title!
Jan-Maat
is on page 40 of 144
End of the 1st story "Mirza ou lettre d'un voyageur".
1st time I read it, I thought this was a parable of classical liberalism - hoe to have your sugar and eat i ( without slavery). 2nd time reading this feels much more to be purely a vehicle to display Romanticism.
— Jul 25, 2026 05:58AM
1st time I read it, I thought this was a parable of classical liberalism - hoe to have your sugar and eat i ( without slavery). 2nd time reading this feels much more to be purely a vehicle to display Romanticism.
Jan-Maat
is on page 28 of 144
"j'ai appris la langue des français, j'ai lu quelques-unes de leurs livres, et jr m'amuse à penser seule sur ces montagnes."
Would you be completely shocked if I said that Mme de Stäel was a fan of Rousseau?
— Jul 25, 2026 04:49AM
Would you be completely shocked if I said that Mme de Stäel was a fan of Rousseau?