BIB_ID
295326
Accession number
MA 3936.32
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1739 Jan. 19].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 32 letters from Madame de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux. Letters in the collection are described individually (MA 3936.1-32).
The date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
The letter starts in January and is continued on Feb. 4 and Feb 8.
The date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
The letter starts in January and is continued on Feb. 4 and Feb 8.
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Recounting in great detail a shocking incident during which Voltaire and [Emilie] du Châtelet lost their tempers with her and unfairly accused her of betrayal; telling him about her activities since this unfortunate event; discussing at length [Emilie] du Châtelet's unacceptable conduct and Voltaire's profuse apologies; giving him an account of Voltaire and [Emilie] du Châtelet's working methods.
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