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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 ]
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
Corinne, or Italy (French: Corinne ou l'Italie), also known as Corinne, is a novel by the Genevan and French writer Germaine de Staël, published in 1807.It relates a love story between an Italian poet, Corinne, and Lord Oswald Nelvil, an English nobleman.
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
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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.
Véronique Delphine Delamare (born Couturier; 17 February 1822 – 8 March 1848) [1] was a French housewife who took numerous lovers and later committed suicide. She was said to have been the inspiration for Gustave Flaubert 's 1857 novel Madame Bovary .