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Madame de Maintenon : Les Memoires de Madame de Maintenon

" Began Les Memoires de Madame Maintenon. I doubt whether the vulgarity of stile (sic), absurd anecdotes and impertinent reflections will permit me to read it."

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Eleanor Butler      Print: Book

Madame de Maintenon : Les Memoires de Madame de Maintenon

" Nine till twelve in the Dressing room reading-finished Les Memoires de Maintenon. Began her letters"

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Eleanor Butler      Print: Book

Françoise d'Aubigné de Maintenon : Letters

Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 17 December 1752: 'Did I ever tell you I was reading Madame de Maintenon's Letters? [...] She seems to have been both a great and a good woman. [comments further]'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Talbot      Print: Book

Maintenon : The Letters of Madame de Maintenon

'I am reading Madame de Maintenon's letters, and though I have neither respect nor admiration for her character, I find so many sentiments and feelings that I have myself experienced...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Wedgwood      

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