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Françoise de Graffigny

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Françoise de Graffigny, née d'Issembourg Du Buisson d'Happoncourt (11 February 1695 - 12 December 1758), was a French novelist, playwright and salon hostess. [1]

29 relations: Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, Béatrice du Han de Martigny, Château de Commercy, Claude Adrien Helvétius, December 12, François-Antoine Devaux, Françoise, Granville Elliott, Henri Desmarets, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Jeanne Quinault, Jeanne Thérèse du Han, Letters from a Peruvian Woman, Letters of a Portuguese Nun, List of authors by name: G, List of French novelists, List of French playwrights, List of French women writers, List of French-language authors, List of women writers, Lumières, Persian Letters, Quinault family, Salon (gathering), Société du bout du banc, Women letter writers, 1747 in literature, 1758.

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne (10 May 172718 March 1781), commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman.

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Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius

Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius (23 July 1722 – 12 August 1800), also Anne-Catherine de Ligniville d'Autricourt, nicknamed "Minette", maintained a renowned salon in France in the eighteenth century.

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Béatrice du Han de Martigny

Béatrice du Han de Martigny, Marquise de Meuse (1711-1793), known as Madame de Meuse, was the royal mistress of the regent of the Austrian Netherlands, Charles Alexander of Lorraine.

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Château de Commercy

The Château de Commercy is a castle in the town of Commercy, in the Meuse department of France.

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Claude Adrien Helvétius

Claude Adrien Helvétius (26 January 1715 – 26 December 1771) was a French philosopher, freemason and littérateur.

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December 12

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François-Antoine Devaux

François-Antoine Devaux (12 December 1712, Lunéville - 11 April 1796, or 22 germinal year IV, Lunéville) was a Lorraine (and, after 1766, French) poet and man of letters.

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Françoise

Françoise is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the Italian Francesca) and may refer to.

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Granville Elliott

Major-General Granville Elliott, 1st Count Elliott (7 October 1713 – 10 October 1759), was a British military officer who served with distinction in several other European armies and subsequently in the British Army.

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Henri Desmarets

Henri Desmarets (February 1661 – 7 September 1741) was a French composer of the Baroque period primarily known for his stage works, although he also composed sacred music as well as secular cantatas, songs and instrumental works.

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Jean François de Saint-Lambert

Jean François de Saint-Lambert (26 December 1716 – 9 February 1803) was a French poet, philosopher and military officer.

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Jeanne Quinault

Jeanne Quinault (born and baptized 13 October 1699 in Strasbourg, died 18 January 1783 in Paris), was a French actress, playwright and salon hostess.

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Jeanne Thérèse du Han

Jeanne Thérèse du Han de Martigny (30 October 1707 in Lunéville – 7 May 1748 in Nancy) was born and baptized the same day in Lunéville, in the duchy of Lorraine, now part of France.

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Letters from a Peruvian Woman

Letters from a Peruvian Woman (Lettres d'une Péruvienne) is a 1747 epistolary novel by Françoise de Graffigny.

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Letters of a Portuguese Nun

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun (French: Les Lettres Portugaises, literally The Portuguese Letters), first published anonymously by Claude Barbin in Paris in 1669, is a work believed by most scholars to be epistolary fiction in the form of five letters written by Gabriel-Joseph de La Vergne, comte de Guilleragues (1628–1684), a minor peer, diplomat, secretary to the Prince of Conti, and friend of Madame de Sévigné, the poet Boileau, and the dramatist Jean Racine.

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List of authors by name: G

List of authors by name: A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z.

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List of French novelists

This is a list of novelists from France.

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List of French playwrights

This is an incomplete list of playwrights from France in chronological order, according to date of birth.

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List of French women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in France or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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List of French-language authors

Chronological list of French language authors (regardless of nationality), by date of birth.

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List of women writers

This is a list of notable women writers.

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Lumières

The Lumières (literally in English: Enlighteners) was a cultural, philosophical, literary and intellectual movement of the second half of the 18th century, originating in France and spreading throughout Europe.

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Persian Letters

Persian Letters (Lettres persanes) is a literary work, written in 1721, by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, recounting the experiences of two Persian noblemen, Usbek and Rica, who are traveling through France.

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Quinault family

The Quinault family were French actors, active in the first half of the 18th century.

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Salon (gathering)

A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host.

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Société du bout du banc

The Société du bout du banc, hosted by Jeanne Quinault was one of the most famous literary salons of the 18th century in France.

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Women letter writers

Women letter writers in early modern Europe created lengthy correspondences, where they expressed their intellect and their creativity; in the process, they also left a rich historic legacy.

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1747 in literature

This article presents lists of literary events and publications in 1747.

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1758

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françoise_de_Graffigny

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