See also:

• MARIE

MARIE JEANNE See also:

• MARIE JEANNE RICCOBONI (1714-1792)

RICCOBONI (1714-1792)  , whose See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden name was Laboras de See also:

• MEZIERES, PHILIPPE DE (c. 1327—1405)

Mezieres, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at 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 in 1714 . She married in 1735 See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

• RICCOBONI, MARIE JEANNE (1714-1792)

Riccoboni, a comedian and dramatist, from whom she soon separated . She herself was an actress,. but did not succeed on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . Her See also:

• WORKS

works are Lettres de See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress Fanny See also:

• BUTLER
• BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
• BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
• BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
• BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
• BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
• BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
• BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
• BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
• BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
• BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)

Butler (1757); the remarkable Histoire du See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis de See also:

• CRESSY, HUGH PAULINUS DE (c. 1605-1674)

Cressy (1758); Milady Juliette See also:

• CATESBY, ROBERT (1593-1605)

Catesby (1759-1760), like her other books, in See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form; Ernestine (1798), which La Harpe thought her masterpiece; and three See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of Lettres in the names of See also:

• ADELAIDE
• ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

Adelaide de See also:

• DAMMARTIN

Dammartin (comtesse de See also:

• SANCERRE

Sancerre) (2 vols., 1766), See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth Sophie de Valliere (2 vols., 1772), and Milord See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

Rivers (2 vols., 1776) . She obtained a small See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension from the See also:

• CROWN

crown, but the Revolution deprived her of it, and she died on the 6th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1792 in greatindigence . Besides the works named, she wrote a novel (1762) on the subject of See also:

• FIELDING, ANTHONY VANDYKE COPLEY (1787-1855)
• FIELDING, HENRY (1707-1754)
• FIELDING, WILLIAM STEVENS (1848– )

Fielding's Amelia, and supplied in 1765 a continuation (but not the conclusion sometimes erroneously ascribed to her) of See also:

• MARIVAUX, PIERRE CARLET DE CHAMBLAIN DE (1688-1763)

Marivaux's unfinished Marianne . All Madame Riccoboni's See also:

• WORK

work is See also:

• CLEVER

clever, and there is real pathos in it . But it is among the most eminent examples of the "sensibility " novel, of which no examples but See also:

• STERNE, LAURENCE (1713-1768)
• STERNE, RICHARD (c. 15gb-1683)

Sterne's have kept their See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and that not in virtue of their sensibility . A still nearer parallel may be found in the work of See also:

• MACKENZIE
• MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (1822-1892)
• MACKENZIE, HENRY (1745-1831)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER (c. 1755-1820)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1847— )
• MACKENZIE, SIR GEORGE (1636-1691)
• MACKENZIE, SIR MORELL (1837-1892)
• MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON (1795-1861)

Mackenzie . Madame Riccoboni is an especial offender in the use of See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• AIDS

aids to impressiveness—italics, dashes, rows of points and the like . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal edition of her See also:

• COMPLETE

complete works is that of Paris (6 vols., 18,8) . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief novels appear in a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• GARNIER, CLEMENT JOSEPH (1813–1881)
• GARNIER, GERMAIN, MARQUIS (1754-1821)
• GARNIER, JEAN LOUIS CHARLES (1825-1898)
• GARNIER, MARIE JOSEPH FRANCOIS [FRANCIS] (1839–1873)
• GARNIER, ROBERT (c. 1545–c.1600)

Garnier's Bibliotheque amusante (Paris, 1865) .

See Julia See also:

• KAVANAGH, ARTHUR MACMORROUGH (1831-1889)
• KAVANAGH, JULIA (1824-1877)

Kavanagh, See also:

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

French See also:

• WOMEN

Women of Letters (2 vols., 1862), where an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of her novels is given; J . See also:

• FLEURY [ABRAHAM JOSEPH BENARD] (1750-.1822)
• FLEURY, ANDRE HERCULE DE (1653-1743)
• FLEURY, CLAUDE (1640-1723)

Fleury, Marivaux et le marivaudage (Paris, 1881); J . M . See also:

• QUERARD, JOSEPH MARIE (1797-1865)

Querard, La See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France litteraire (vol. vii., 1835) ; and notices by La Harpe, See also:

• GRIMM, FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR, I
• GRIMM, JACOB LUDWIG CARL (1785-1863)
• GRIMM, WILHELM CARL (1786-1859)

Grimm and See also:

• DIDEROT, DENIS (1713-1784)

Diderot prefixed to her fEuvres (9 vols., Paris, 1826) .