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Adélaïde de SOUZA

Eugénie et Mathilde, ou mémoires de la famille du Comte de Revel , par l'auteur d'Adèle de Senange

Chez L. Deconchy., à Londres 1811, in-12 (10,5x18cm), (2) 257pp. et (2) 297pp. et (2) 279pp., 3 volumes reliés.

This edition was published simultaneously with the first edition of Paris, in Shoell. This edition seems less common than Paris, and not elsewhere in the English catalogs located. Half Calf caramel corners. Smooth gilt back. Part of title in black calf. 2 senior caps slightly threadbare. Friction. Madame de Souza was one of the smartest women in the reign of Louis XVI, during which she kept living, she was forced to leave France in 1793 and soon became a widow (her husband was guillotined), then remarried in 1802. His novels , imbued with the spirit and manner of the late eighteenth knew a great success. They are unfortunately little studied today and deserve a pardon. "In Eugenie and Mathilde, where she painted the printing of the first events of the revolution of a noble family, it is permissible to assign a part of the feeling of Matilda, who said annoyed at the excess of this revolution, all Whenever she is not sorry. found in the Eugenie and Mathilde, who appeared only in 1811, no less frappans reflections on the nature of the north shores of Holland paper, the ports of the Baltic, where sadly prolonged exile of Madame de Flahaut ( the first marriage of Madame de Souza). Eugenie and Mathilde, as we have already mentioned a lot, is the longest and most sustained works of the author. The author has shown there to complete the interior of a noble family during the years of the revolution. In Eugenie and Mathilde, Mme de Souza has effused personally perhaps more than anywhere else. "(Excerpts from Sainte-Beuve, Revue des Deux Mondes, T1, 1834). --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!