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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.
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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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.
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 ...
- Early Life and Education
- An Unhappy Marriage and Early Widowhood
- Madame de Sévigné’S Iconic Correspondence Begins
- Observations on Madame de Sévigné’S Correspondence
- Preservation and Destruction of Madame’s Letters
Born Marie de Rabutin Chantal in Paris at the Place des Vosges, her father was from an aristocratic Burgundian family, and her mother from the noble Coulanges. While still young, her father was killed in a battle against the English on the Ile de Rhe and her mother died a few years later. After the death of her grandparents, at the age of ten, the ...
In 1644, at the age of eighteen, Marie was married off to Henri, Marquis de Sévigné, scion of a respected Breton family, as his third wife. Now, as Madame de Sévigné, she settled down to marital bliss and the raising of children. However, the bliss was short-lived — the Marquis was a gambler, spendthrift, and adulterer. Seven years into the marriag...
The correspondence for which she became famous started when her daughter, Françoise-Marguerite, moved to Provence with her husband Comte de Grignan, where he could serve as viceroy. The separation from her daughter was shattering. Seeking solace, Madame de Sévigné often wrote to Françoise-Marguerite three times a week, twenty to thirty pages a day....
Madame de Sévigné’s correspondence has been described as important and influential as that of Voltaire. Authors such as Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolfconsidered her a model for future women writers. It has been a joy to read these epistles, especially those in the Penguin Classics collection, Madame de Sevigne, Selected Letters...
How did so many of her letters survive? Madame de Sevigne’s cousin Rabutin published many of them in a memoir he wrote just following her death. Over time, others published her correspondence, sometimes edited. The biggest blow to historical preservation was when Madame de Simiane (daughter of Françoise-Marguerite, and granddaughter of de Sévigné) ...
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.
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French letter writer. Orphaned early, she was brought up by an uncle and became widely cultured. She frequented the Hôtel de Rambouillet, made a fashionable marriage in 1644, and ... From: Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin‐Chantal, marquise de in The Oxford Companion to English Literature » Subjects: Literature. Reference entries.
