Title: Madame de Sévigné
Description: "Madame de Sevigne made a significant contribution to the understanding of seventeenth-century France through her voluminous correspondence. The most famous epistoliere of the Splendid Century, the Marquise recorded important political events, religious controversies, wars and disasters, medical practices and the social and cultural life of the court of Louis XIV. She was a keen observer and brilliant writer; her literary style has been admired for over three hundred years."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Subjects: Biography, French Authors, History, Social life and customs, Women and literature, Biography: general, European history: c 1500 to c 1750, Women's studies, Sevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Ch, France, History Of Women (General), Sâevignâe, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal,, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Biography/Autobiography, Europe, General, Biography & Autobiography / General, Literary Criticism & Collections / French, Sevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, 17th century, marquise de,, 1626-1696, Authors, French, Sevigne, marie de rabutin chantal, marquise de, 1626-1696, Authors, biography, France, social life and customs
Places: France
People: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné marquise de (1626-1696)
Time periods: 17th century