Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Madame de Villedieu, a Woman on Her Own; Volume Editor's Bibliography; Memoirs of the Life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière: A Novel; Fragment of a Letter; Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five; Part Six; Series Editors' Bibliography
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Known as Madame de Villedieu, Marie-Catherine Desjardins (ca. 1640-83) was a prolific writer who played an important role in the evolution of the early modern French novel. One of the earliest women to write for a living, she defied cultural convention by becoming an innovator and appealing to popular tastes through fiction, drama, and poetry. Memoirs of the Life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière, a semi autobiographical novel, portrays an enterprising woman who writes the story of her life, a complex tale that runs counter to social expectations and novelistic conventions. A striking work, the s.
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Memoirs of the life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière.
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Mémoires de la vie de Henriette-Sylvie de Molière.
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English
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Villedieu,-1683., Mémoires de la vie de Henriette-Sylvie de Molière.
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French literature-- 17th century, Translations into English.