STAËL (de), Germaine (1766-1817)
Autograph letter to Claire de Duras
N.p.n.d, 1 p. in-8°
« Come to my house tonight by going to the ball »
Fact sheet
STAËL (de), Germaine (1766-1817)
Autograph letter to Claire de Duras
N.p.n.d, 1 p. in-8°
Stains on verso
Charming note from Madame de Staël to her dear friend the Duchess of Duras
« Vous avez bien eu raison de m’écrire car j’y allais – est-ce bien fait de ne rien refuser et de le désirer plus – venez ce soir chez moi en allant au bal je vous en prie cela me fera honneur après du duc – »
Novelist, essayist, actress and philosopher of politics, Germaine de Staël was the most illustrious woman of her time — from the tormented years of the Revolution, the Napoleonic regime and the Restoration to its beginnings.
She left unfinished her Considérations sur les principaux événements de la Révolution française, published posthumously in 1818.
Claire de Duras (1777-1828) remained famous for her novel Ourika (1823), which analyzes issues of racial and sexual equality. She is considered today as a precursor of feminism. Her friendships with Chateaubriand and Germaine de Staël opened Parisian literary circles to her.