Delphine de Girardin
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Delphine de Girardin (24 January 1804 – 29 June 1855), pen name Vicomte Delaunay, was a French writer.
Life
Madame Girardin exercised considerable personal influence in contemporary literary society, and in her drawing-room were often to be found Théophile Gautier, Honoré de Balzac, Alfred de Musset and Victor Hugo. She frequently held spiritualist seances, known also to be attended by Victor Hugo and members of his family. Her collected works were published in six volumes (1860-1861).
References
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Girardin, Delphine de". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. which in turn cites:
- Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du lundi, t. iii.
- G. de Molenes, "Les Femmes poètes," in Revue des deux mondes (July 1842)
- Taxile Delord, Les Matinées littéraires (1860); L'Esprit de Madame Girardin, avec une préface par M. Lamartine (1862)
- G. d'Heilly, Madame de Girardin, sa vie et ses œuvres (1868)
- Imbert de Saint Amand, Mme de Girardin (1875)
