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  2. 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.

  3. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné (1626—1696) Madame de Sévigné was France’s preeminent writer of epistles in the seventeenth century. She appears at first glance to possess few philosophical credentials because she neither received formal philosophical instruction nor composed philosophical treatises.

  4. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (born Feb. 5, 1626, Paris, France—died April 17, 1696, Grignan) was a French writer whose correspondence is of both historical and literary significance.

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  5. 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.

  6. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné, marquise de (märē´ də räbütăN´-shäNtäl´ märkēz´ də sāvēnyā´), 1626–96, French woman of letters. Her correspondence of more than 1,500 letters is a monument of French literature. After her husband's death (1651) she devoted herself to her two children.

  7. SÉVIGNÉ, MARIE DE (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de S é vign é; 1626 – 1696), French letter writer. Madame de S é vign é occupies a special position in the history of French literature. She is one of the best-known writers in the language, but she never wrote anything intended for publication. Her fame derives exclusively from her ...

  8. "Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné, marquise de" published on by null. (1626–96)French letter writer. Orphaned early, she was brought up by an uncle and became widely cultured.

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