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BL
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959912
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b714282
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| Uniform Title
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Mémoires de la vie de Henriette-Sylvie de Molière.English
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| Main Entry
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Villedieu,Madame de,-1683.
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| Title & Author
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Memoirs of the life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière : : a novel /\ Madame de Villedieu (Marie-Catherine Desjardins) ; edited and translated by Donna Kuizenga.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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The other voice in early modern Europe
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xxxi, 194 pages) :: maps
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| ISBN
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0226144216
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: 1281125482
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: 6611125485
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: 9780226144214
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: 9781281125484
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: 9786611125486
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0226144194
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0226144208
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9780226144191
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9780226144207
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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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Villedieu,-1683., Mémoires de la vie de Henriette-Sylvie de Molière.
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French literature-- 17th century, Translations into English.
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FICTION-- General.
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French literature.
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| Dewey Classification
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843/.4
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| LC Classification
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PQ1794.D5A6813 2004eb
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| Added Entry
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Kuizenga, Donna.
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