Delphine by Madame de Staël
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"Delphine" by Madame de Staël is a novel published in 1802. Written in epistolary form, it explores the constraints on women's freedom in aristocratic society during the French Revolution. The story follows Delphine d'Albémar, a young widow who arranges a marriage between her cousin Matilde and Léonce de Mondoville—only to fall tragically in love with Léonce herself. The controversial novel, which addresses divorce, emigration, and political liberalism, prompted Napoleon to exile the
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| Author | Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817 |
|---|---|
| Title | Delphine |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_(novel) |
| Credits | Produced by Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Epistolary fiction |
| Subject | Women -- Social conditions -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women -- France -- 18th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7812 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 395 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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