{"product_id":"fran231oise-de-graffigny-her-life-and-works-9780729408479","title":"Fran231oise de Graffigny  Her Life and Works","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere she made her way into the heart of literary society in the heyday of the Enlightenment, wrote a novel – the \u003cem\u003eLettres d’une Péruvienne\u003c\/em\u003e (1747) – that made her an international celebrity, wrote a play – \u003cem\u003eCénie\u003c\/em\u003e (1750) – that ranked among the ten most successful new plays of the century, and became a noted salon hostess.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a very good book, thoroughly researched and admirably well written.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It is impossible to separate Graffigny’s life (and thus her biography) from her correspondence, but in its quotidian minutiae, a correspondence, even one as personal, rich and continuous as Graffigny’s, cannot present a coherent overview. With his intimate knowledge of all her writings, Showalter provides the necessary perspective. His biography navigates through the correspondence and other documents to give shape and direction to Graffigny’s life, highlighting how her struggle for independence paralleled her development as an author and how her social gifts for forming friendships and intellectual bonds with many of the period’s renowned authors, \u003cem\u003ephilosophes\u003c\/em\u003e, and playwrights helped her create the network and support crucial to succeed as a writer, a dramatist and a \u003cem\u003esalonnière.\u003c\/em\u003e'\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrench Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. A childhood in Lorraine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Marriage and widowhood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. From Lunéville to Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Paris and the duchesse de Richelieu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Alone in Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. A room of her own\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Back from the brink of failure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Becoming a writer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. \u003cem\u003eLettres d’une Péruvienne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. The rewards of fame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Changes and endings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Mentor and author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. \u003cem\u003eCénie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Minette and Helvétius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. The salon of Mme de Graffigny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. After \u003cem\u003eCénie\u003c\/em\u003e, author and mentor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. Devaux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18. Mme de Graffigny’s last year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19. Posterity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of works cited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"LUP - Voltaire Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037363142999,"sku":"9780729408479","price":98.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780729408479.jpg?v=1750935459","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fran231oise-de-graffigny-her-life-and-works-9780729408479","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}