The Women of the French Salons
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I did not find it fitting to dine with Voltaire two days afterward," writes this curiously sensitive friend of the free-thinkers. He addresses her as ma belle philosophe, speaks of her as "an eagle in a cage of gauze," and praises in verse her philosophy, her esprit, her heart, and her " two great black eyes." He weeps at her departure, tells her she is " adored at Delices, adored at Paris, adored present and absent." But " the tears of a poet do not always signify grief," says Mme. d'Epinay.
T...here is a second period in her life, when she introduces us again to the old friends who always sustained her, and to many new ones. The world that meets in her salon later is much the same as that which dines with Baron d'Holbach.
To measure its attractions one must recall the brilliancy and Ultra- Philosophical Salons — Madame d'Epinay. 193 eloquence of Diderot ; the wit, the taste, the learning, the courtly accomplishments of Grimm ; the gaiety and originality of d'Holbach, who had "read everything and forgotten nothing interesting " ; the sparkling conversation of the most finished ELISABETH FRANgOISE, COMTESSE D'HOUDETOT.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I did not find it fitting to dine with Voltaire two days afterward," writes this curiously sensitive friend of the free-thinkers. He addresses her as ma belle philosophe, speaks of her as "an eagle in a cage of gauze," and praises in verse her philosophy, her esprit, her heart, and her " two great black eyes." He weeps at her departure, tells her she is " adored at Delices, adored at Paris, adored present and absent." But " the tears of a poet do not always signify grief," says Mme. d'Epinay.
T...here is a second period in her life, when she introduces us again to the old friends who always sustained her, and to many new ones. The world that meets in her salon later is much the same as that which dines with Baron d'Holbach.
To measure its attractions one must recall the brilliancy and Ultra- Philosophical Salons — Madame d'Epinay. 193 eloquence of Diderot ; the wit, the taste, the learning, the courtly accomplishments of Grimm ; the gaiety and originality of d'Holbach, who had "read everything and forgotten nothing interesting " ; the sparkling conversation of the most finished ELISABETH FRANgOISE, COMTESSE D'HOUDETOT.
What to read after The Women of the French Salons?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mason Amelia Ruth Gere to read onlineMoreLess
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