Les Liaisons dangereuses
Natalia Kirillovna Zagryazhskaya (1747-1837), lady in waiting to Catherine II and close acquaintance of Pushkin, called Zubova "an intelligent and amiable woman", akin to the behavioural style of "Monsieur Morte," the Marquise de Merteuil and hero of the novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos.