See also:

• AULNOY (or AuNOY), MARIE CATHERINE LE JUMEL DE BARNEVILLE DE LA MOTTE, BARONNE

AULNOY (or AuNOY), See also:

• MARIE

MARIE See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

CATHERINE LE JUMEL DE BARNEVILLE DE LA MOTTE, BARONNE  D' (c . 1650-1705), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 165o at Barneville near Bourg-See also:

• ACHARD, FRANZ CARL (1753-1821)

Achard (See also:

• EURE

Eure) . She was the niece of See also:

• MARIE

Marie See also:

• BRUNEAU, ALFRED (1857– )

Bruneau See also:

• DES

des Loges, the friend of See also:

• MALHERBE, FRANCOIS DE (1555-1628)

Malherbe and of J . G. de See also:

• BALZAC, HONORS DE (1790-1850)
• BALZAC, JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE (1594-1654)

Balzac, who was called the " tenth Muse." She married on the 8th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1666 See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois de la Motte, a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman in the service of Cesar, duc de See also:

• VENDOME
• VENDOME, LOUIS JOSEPH

Vendome, who became See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron d'See also:

• AULNOY (or AuNOY), MARIE CATHERINE LE JUMEL DE BARNEVILLE DE LA MOTTE, BARONNE

Aulnoy in 1654 . With her See also:

• MOTHER

mother, who by a second See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage had become marquise de Gudaigne, she instigated a See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution for high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason against her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband . The See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy was exposed, and the two See also:

• WOMEN

women saved themselves by a hasty See also:

• FLIGHT

flight to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Thence they went (See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1679) to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, but were eventually allowed to return to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in See also:

• REWARD

reward for See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret services rendered to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . Mme. d'Aulnoy died in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 14th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 170 . She wrote See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy tales, Conies nouvelles ou See also:

• LES

les Fees a la mode (3 vols., 1698), in the manner of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628-1703)

Perrault . This collection (24 tales) included L'Oiseau bleu, Finite Cendron, La Chatte See also:

• BLANCHE, JACQUES EMILE (1861– )

blanche and others . The originals of most of her admirable tales are to be found in the Pentamerone (16J7) of Giovanni Battista Basile . Other See also:

• WORKS

works are : L'Histoire d'Hippolyte, See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de Duglas (169o), a See also:

• ROMANCE

romance in the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of Madame de la Fayette, though much inferior to its See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model; Memoires de la cour d'Espagne (1679-1681); and a Relation du voyage d'Espagne (1690 or 1691) in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of letters, edited in 1874-1876 as La Cour et la eille de See also:

• MADRID

Madrid by Mme .

B . See also:

• CAREY, HENRY (d. 1743)
• CAREY, HENRY CHARLES (1793-1879)
• CAREY, WILLIAM (1761-1834)

Carey; Histoire de See also:

• JEAN

Jean de See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon (1692); Memoires sur la cour de France (1692); Memoires de la cour d'Angleterre (1695) . Her See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical writings are partly borrowed from existing records, to which she adds much that must be regarded as fiction, and some vivid descriptions of contemporary See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners . The Diverting Works of the Countess d'Anois, including some extretilely untrustworthy " See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of her own See also:

• LIFE

life," were printed in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1707 . The Fairy Tales of Madame d'Aulnoy, with an introduction by See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)

Thackeray See also:

• RITCHIE, CHARLES THOMSON RITCHIE, 1ST BARON (1838-1906)
• RITCHIE, DAVID GEORGE (1853-1903)

Ritchie, appeared in 1892 . For See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical particulars see M. de See also:

• LESCURE, LOUIS MARIE JOSEPH, MARQUIS DE (1766—1793)

Lescure's introduction to the Conies des Fees (1881) .