Sévigné

[ sey-vee-nyey ]

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Ma·rie de Ra·bu·tin-Chan·tal [m, a, -, ree, d, uh, , r, a, -b, y, -ta, n, -shah, n, -, tal], Marquise de, 1626–96, French writer, especially of letters.

Sévigné

/ seviɲe /

Sévigné, Marquise de16261696FFrenchWRITING: letter writer Marquise de, title of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal. 1626–96, French letter writer. Her correspondence with her daughter and others provides a vivid account of society during the reign of Louis XIV

George Saintsbury has described Madame de Sévigné as "the most charming of all letter-writers in all languages."

I am now going to make out a Dictionary-list of the People in my dear Sévigné, for my own use.

Mme. de Sévigné said, "Racine made his comedies for the Champmeslé—not for the ages to come."

Larousse says the double judgment was wrongly attributed to Mme. de Sévigné.

In the course of his career, the gallant Surintendant had attempted to add the charming widow Sévigné to his conquests.

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