16958 Books about Specific Authors Introduction by Gillian Dow

Introduction by Gillian Dow

Written by her great-niece

Issued 21 February 2013

founded in 1891

Book is tight with clean pages

16958 Books about Specific Authors Introduction by Gillian DowNotes by D'Alembert, Marmontel, De Guibert, Etc. and an Introduction by C. A. Sainte Beuve. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Illustrated with portraits from the original. Lespinasse [1732 1776] conquered low and questionable birth and lack of formal education to rise to become one of the most important minds in enlightenment Paris, running a salon that hosted aristrocrats, diplomats, politicians, and philosophers. Her letters, first