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An edition of Madame du Deffand and Her World (1982)

Madame Du Deffand e il suo mondo

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Biography of Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, Madame du Deffand.
Madame du Deffand, a popular and influential Parisian salon hostess, was widely respected for her keen wit and intellect, and she was a prolific correspondent with a number of notable thought & literary figures of her time. Her letters to people such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, Fontenelle were published after her death by close friend Horace Walpole.
Author Benedetta Craveri, a professor of French literature, originally published the biography in Italian as "Madame du Deffand e il suo mondo" in 1982. She won awards for the work in Italy & France - this U.S. edition & English translation was published a little over a decade later in 1994.

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Adelphi
Language
Italian
Pages
680

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Subjects

Authors, French, Biography, Court and courtiers, French Authors, History, Social life and customs, Parisian Salons, French Salons, French Society Hostess, Voltaire, Horace Walpole, Authors, biography, France, court and courtiers, France, social life and customs, France, history, 18th century, New York Times reviewed

People

Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Madame du Deffand (1696 or 1697-1780)

Places

Burgundy, France, Paris, Saône-et-Loire

Times

18th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: Madame Du Deffand and Her World
Madame Du Deffand and Her World
November 2002, Peter Halban Publishers Ltd
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: Madame Du Deffand and her world
Madame Du Deffand and her world
1994, P. Halban
in English
Cover of: Madame Du Deffand and her world
Madame Du Deffand and her world
1994, David R. Godine
Hardcover in English - First American Edition
Cover of: Madame Du Deffand e il suo mondo
Madame Du Deffand e il suo mondo
1982, Adelphi
in Italian

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Milano
Series
La Collana dei casi ;, 11

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
848/.509, B
Library of Congress
PQ1981.D65 C7 1982

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Pagination
680 p., [12] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
680

ID Numbers

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OL3219429M
LCCN
83128874
OCLC/WorldCat
10324166

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