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Matilde de Vernon, a distant cousin and friend of Delphine. She is quite the opposite of Delphine, being discreet, bigot, but deeply in love with Léonce though she doesn't show it at first. Madame de Vernon, Matilde's mother, a pleasant-looking woman, but who is actually sly and acts for her own interest only. However, her character can be ...
Delphine de Sabran, Marquise de Custine (18 March 1770 – 13 July 1826) was a French society hostess and woman of letters. Known for her beauty and intelligence, Madame de Abrantès referred to de Custine as "one of those lovely creatures that God gives to the world in a moment of munificence". [ 1 ]
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In a letter written to Madame Hanska in 1834, Balzac decided to reorganize his works into three larger groups, allowing him (1) to integrate his "La physiologie du mariage" into the ensemble and (2) to separate his most fantastic or metaphysical stories — like La Peau de chagrin (1831) and Louis Lambert (1832) — into their own ...
Delphine de Vigan (born 1966), novelist and author of No et moi, translated into 20 languages; Marie-Catherine de Villedieu (1640–1683), playwright, novelist, and short-story writer; Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (c. 1695–1755), novelist, fairy-tale writer, and author of Belle et la Bête
He frequented spiritism during his exile (where he participated also in many séances conducted by Madame Delphine de Girardin) [48] [49] and in later years settled into a rationalist deism similar to that espoused by Voltaire. A census-taker asked Hugo in 1872 if he was a Catholic, and he replied, "No. A Freethinker." [50]
The youngest survivors of the Greatest Generation are in their 90s. They are gradually fading away, but not without a little fanfare, especially the women who didn't receive as much as the men.
Delphine may refer to: Delphine (given name), list of people with the feminine given name; Delphine, an 1802 novel by Germaine de Staël; Delphine, a 1931 French film directed by Roger Capellani; Delphine, a 2019 Canadian film directed by Chloé Robichaud; SS Delphine, a yacht built in 1921 by John and Horace Dodge