Download or read book Mistress to an Age written by J. Christopher Herold and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. Christopher Herold vigorously tells the story of the fierce Madame de Stael, revealing her courageous opposition to Napoleon, her whirlwind affairs with the great intellectuals of her day, and her idealistic rebellion against all that was cynical, tyrannical, and passionless. Germaine de Stael's father was Jacques Necker, the finance minister to Louis XVI, and her mother ran an influential literary-political salon in Paris. Always precocious, at nineteen Germaine married the Swedish ambassador to France, Eric Magnus Baron de Stael-Holstein, and in 1785 took over her mother's salon with great success. Germaine and de Stael lived most of their married life apart. She had many brilliant lovers. Talleyrand was the first, Narbonne, the minister of war, another; Benjamin Constant was her most significant and long-lasting one. She published several political and literary essays, including "A Treatise on the Influence of the Passions upon the Happiness of Individuals and of Nations," which became one of the most important documents of European Romanticism. Her bold philosophical ideas, particularly those in "On Literature," caused feverish commotion in France and were quickly noticed by Napoleon, who saw her salon as a rallying point for the opposition. He eventually exiled her from France. This winner of the 1959 National Book Award is "excellent ... detailed, full of color, movement, great names, and lively incident" -- The New York Times "Mr. Herold's full-bodied biography is clear-eyed, intelligent, and written with abundant wit and zest." -- The Atlantic Monthly
Download or read book Madame de Sta l and Her Lovers written by Francis Henry Gribble and published by London : E. Nash. This book was released on 1907 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame de Sta l and Her Lovers written by Francis Henry Gribble and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Madame de Sta l and Her Lovers written by Francis Gribble and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame de Stael and Her Lovers written by Francis Gribble and published by . This book was released on 1979-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame de Stael written by Francine du Plessix Gray and published by Atlas and Company. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A profile of the Revolution and Napoleonic era's celebrated woman of letters discusses her upbringing in political and intellectual circles as the daughter of Louis XVI's minister of finances, her controversial affairs with some of the most influential men of her time, and her progressive ideals that prompted repeated exiles. 20,000 first printing.
Download or read book Considerations on the Principal Events of the French Revolution written by Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame De Sta l And Her Lovers written by Francis Henry Gribble and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book MADAME DE STAEL HER LOVERS written by Francis Henry 1862-1946 Gribble and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Madame de Sta l and Her Lovers Primary Source Edition written by Francis Henry Gribble and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame de Sta l written by Andrew Haggard and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein; 22 April 1766 ? 14 July 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French woman of letters of Swiss origin whose lifetime overlapped with the events of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era of which she was a principal opponent. Celebrated for her conversational eloquence, she participated actively in the political and intellectual life of her times. Her works, both critical and fictional, made their mark on the history of European Romanticism."--Wikipedia.
Download or read book Madame de Sta l written by Lady Charlotte Julia von Leyden Blennerhassett and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame de Stael written by Maria Fairweather and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of the salons of Paris on the thought and culture of the eighteenth century would be difficult to overstate. They were both intellectual powerhouses and also assemblies where the latest and most extreme fashion was displayed. 'Young gallants...wearing silk waistcoats embroidered with Chinese pagodas, making love to ladies reclining negligently against the cushions...or accepting small cups of chocolate from the hands of Negro pages', thus Harold Nicolson describes the drawings of the time in his book "The Age of Reason". These meeting places for the vanguard of society were presided over by a succession of brilliantly clever women, the salonieres, and the most brilliant and clever of all of them was Madame de Stael. Although she died at the age of 51 she filled her life to the brim, and enjoyed a hugely influential role among the great names of the day. Born Germaine Necker, in Paris on 22 April 1766, her father was a powerful banker and her mother a Swiss pastor's daughter who never got over her good fortune in marrying a rich man. In 1786 Germaine was married to a secretary in the Swedish embassy called de Stael, but although she thought him 'a perfect gentleman' she also found him dull and clumsy. She began to take lovers - the Vicomte de Narbonne and possibly Talleyrand - and then Benjamin Constant, in whom she at last met her intellectual equal. In 1806 her novel "Delphine" was published. It was an instant success and praised by Goethe and Byron, among others. Her salon thronged with glittering visitors including The Tsar, Talleyrand,and Wellington. Maria Fairweather gives an entrancing account of this vanished world, so merciless to outsiders, but for those of the inner circle incomparably glamorous and exciting.
Download or read book Ten Years Exile written by Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Queen s Lover written by Francine du Plessix Gray and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Queen's Lover" reveals the untold love affair between Swedish aristocrat Count Axel von Fersen and Marie Antoinette.
Download or read book The Love Affair as a Work of Art written by Dan Hofstadter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-06-26 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this marvelously original book, Dan Hofstadter shows how a great treasure of forgotten personal writing—diaries, memoirs, and letters written by George Sand, Anatole France, and Marcel Proust, among others—bears on the erotic lives of the writers, and how the fine French tradition of conducting love affairs developed as an art form. As his subtle analysis makes clear, the love letters exchanged in a series of highly charged liaisons also suggested the themes of celebrated future novels.
Download or read book The Influence of the Passions Upon the Happiness of Individuals and of Nations written by Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
