The life and works of Adèle d'Osmond comtesse de Boigne (1781-1866)
By: David S. Vanderboegh.
Series: Studies in French civilization ;; v. 23
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lewiston [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Boigne, Louise-Eléonore-Charlotte-Adélaide d'Osmond, comtesse de, 1781-1866.; Women intellectuals -- France -- Biography.; France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.; France -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1; title: Chapter One: Childhood, Exile, and Marriage 12; title: D'Osmond Family History 12; title: Childhood at Versailles 16; title: Revolution and Exile 19; title: The General de Boigne and Marriage 27; title: Initial Separations 32; title: Return to France (1804) 36; title: The Bourbon Restoration and Return to London 40; title: Benoit de Boigne in Chambry 42; title: Chapter Two: The General de Boigne: The Untold Story 45; title: The General's Biographers 45; title: Conflicting Points of View:; title: the Biographies of the General de Boigne 46; title: Benoit de Boigne Before India 49; title: Benoit de Boigne in India 50; title: Return to Europe 60; title: Ad&le de Boigne's Enigmatic Husband 62; title: The General's Fortune 67; title: A Boor from the Barracks? The General's Mannerisms 70; title: Adele's Aristocratic Prejudices 72; title: The Name Game: The General's Origins Unveiled 76; title: The Other Madame de Boigne: Helen Bennett 79; title: Conflicting Expectations in Marriage 83; title: Mutual Efforts at Compromise 87; title: The Voyage to the Continent 89; title: Tug of War: The General Vs. The d'Osmonds 92; title: The General's Affair 96; title: Peaceful Cohabitation 97; title: Separate Lives 100; title: Why the Marriage Failed 102; title: Toward a New Assessment of the Marriage of 106; title: Ad&le d'Osmond and Benoit de Boigne; title: Chapter Three: 1830-1866 109; title: The Death of the General de Boigne 109; title: The July Revolution and the Fall of Charles X 111; title: Madame de Boigne and the July Monarchy 114; title: Adele's Salon During the July Monarchy 116; title: The d'Osmond Family During the July Monarchy 117; title: Adele's Maternal Side 119; title: The Chancellor Pasquier 123; title: Madame de Boigne After the Revolution of 1848 132; title: Trouville 134; title: The Final Years 137; title: Chapter Four: The Comtesse de Boigne and the; title: Parisian Salon in the Nineteenth Century 145; title: Salons after the Revolution of 1789 145; title: Debutante: Adele during the Empire Years 149; title: Salon and Embassy: Adele and the Bourbon Restoration 153; title: Adele's Salon during the July Monarchy 157; title: Sainte-Beuve 161; title: Prosper Mdrim6e 163; title: Adele's Salon after the Revolution of 1848 166; title: Chapter Five: Memoirs 168; title: Publication History of the Recits d'une tante 168; title: Critical Reaction to the Memoirs 172; title: The composition of the R6cits d'une tante 186; title: The Influence of the Salon in the Memoirs 189; title: Juliette R6camier 197; title: Germaine de Stael 199; title: Historical Value of the Memoirs 203; title: Napoleon Bonaparte 207; title: Charles X 212; title: Historian's usage of the Recits d'une tante 222; title: Omissions and Lack of Closure in the Memoirs 231; title: Chapter Six: Novels 236; title: The Salon Novel and Adele's Hesitation to Publish 236; title: Critical Reaction to the Novels 239; title: The Influence of the Salon on Adele's Novels 247; title: La Mar6chale d'Aubemer 248; title: Une Passion dans le grand monde 260; title: Behind the Mask: The Autobiographical Nature of the Novels 267; title: Conclusion 275.