Madame Du Deffand and her world
By: Benedetta Craveri ; translated from the Italian and the French by Teresa Waugh.
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: David R. Godine
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 481
Copyright date: 1982 (Original Italian edition), 1994 (First English translation & U.S. edition)
Subjects: Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780.; Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography.; France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.; France -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 18th century.
Other titles: Madame du Deffand e il suo mondo [Original Italian title]
Description: Possessing "a definite taste for defiance," the Marquise du Deffand (1696-1780) shocked even the immoral French society of the 1700s by flouting decorum and blatantly disregarding women's traditional roles. Madame du Deffand and Her World is the first full-length portrait of this remarkable woman, among the most scandalous of her time, who played a major part in the turbulent decades leading up to the French Revolution.
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.
Table of contents: label: Chapter I
title: Youth
pagenum: 3; label: Chapter II
title: Friendship Without Romance: The Président Hénault
pagenum: 20; label: Chapter III
title: Sceaux
pagenum: 34; label: Chapter IV
title: Madame du Deffand's "Salon"
pagenum: 60; label: Chapter V
title: Illness
pagenum: 99; label: Chapter VI
title: The Return to Champround
pagenum: 108; label: Chapter VII
title: Paris Again
pagenum: 140; label: Chapter VIII
title: Madame du Deffand and Julie de Lespinasse at Saint-Joseph
pagenum: 158; label: Chapter IX
title: Friendship with Voltaire
pagenum: 186; label: Chapter X
title: The Romance: Horace Walpole
pagenum: 260; label: Chapter XI
title: Old Age
pagenum: 337; label: Biographical Notice
title: 393; label: Biographical Notes
title: 395; label: Notes [Footnotes]
title: 433