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Nov 30, 2022 · Who was Madame de Sévigné (1626 – 1696) and why are we still reading her collected letters more than three hundred years later?
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné was a French writer whose correspondence is of both historical and literary significance. Of old Burgundian nobility, she was orphaned at the age of six and was brought up by her uncle Philippe II de Coulanges.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696), also widely known as Madame de Sévigné or Mme de Sévigné, was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing.
Sévigné, Marie de (1626–1696)French aristocrat and landowner best known for the lively series of letters which she wrote to her daughter over the course of more than 20 years. Name variations: Marie Rabutin-Chantal; Marie de Rabutin Chantal; Madame de Sévigné; Marquise de Sevigne.
Her granddaughter Madame de Simiane supervised the first edition of her letters to Madame de Grignan in 1726; Chevalier de Perrin published a corrected edition of these letters in 1734, 1737, and 1754.
Oct 1, 2024 · Madame de Sévigné (1626 –1696) lived over three hundred years ago, and yet her letters are still assigned in French classes and read by Francophiles to this day. Her letters are set during the back drop of the reign of Louis XIV, the "Sun King."
May 20, 2020 · An appreciation of Madame de Sévigné, whose letters sparkle with wit and joie de vivre, and provide an invaluable eyewitness account of 17th-century Paris.
