Voltaire in love
Mitford, Nancy , 1904-1973
Voltaire in love / Nancy Mitford ; introduction by Adam Gopnik - New York, : New York Review of Books , 1957 - 244 p. ; 21 cm. - New York review books classics .
Includes bibliography.
In 1733, the lovely, intelligent, and married Marquise du Châtelet commenced her romance with one François-Marie Arouet, a philosopher who had made a name for himself as "Voltaire." Mitford deftly and engagingly recounts their exemplary affair, whether in studious exile in the country, on the run from the censor, or in the "thoughtless circles of high society." Her portrayals of the "scamp" philosopher, his mistress who was "excessive in everything," and their "irregular century" are delightful portraits in themselves and as a group, a fascinating fresco of the French Enlightenment.
58005425
Voltaire (, 1694-1778)
Du Chatelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil , marquise , 1706 - 1749
Authors, French---18th century----Biography
Science----France----Biographie
Mistresses----Biography
PQ2103.D7 / M5 1957a
92 VOL
Voltaire in love / Nancy Mitford ; introduction by Adam Gopnik - New York, : New York Review of Books , 1957 - 244 p. ; 21 cm. - New York review books classics .
Includes bibliography.
In 1733, the lovely, intelligent, and married Marquise du Châtelet commenced her romance with one François-Marie Arouet, a philosopher who had made a name for himself as "Voltaire." Mitford deftly and engagingly recounts their exemplary affair, whether in studious exile in the country, on the run from the censor, or in the "thoughtless circles of high society." Her portrayals of the "scamp" philosopher, his mistress who was "excessive in everything," and their "irregular century" are delightful portraits in themselves and as a group, a fascinating fresco of the French Enlightenment.
58005425
Voltaire (, 1694-1778)
Du Chatelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil , marquise , 1706 - 1749
Authors, French---18th century----Biography
Science----France----Biographie
Mistresses----Biography
PQ2103.D7 / M5 1957a
92 VOL
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