Sophie d'Arbouville
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Sophie de Bezancourt Loyré d'Arbouville, the Countess d'Arbouville (29 October 1810 – 22 March 1850) was a French writer.
Biography[edit]
Born on October 28, 1810, Sophie de Bezancourt was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Maximilien Joseph Antoine Lecat, baron de Bazancourt,[1] and his wife Élisabeth Marie Constance Henriette d'Houdetot.[2] She was Sophie d'Houdetot's granddaughter, and frequented her salon with select society. Léon Séché described her as follows: "She had a rather ugly figure, with strong features and protruding eyes which, at first glance, were not in her favor, but as soon as she opened her mouth, her relative ugliness was forgotten". And Sainte-Beuve said of her: "Charming young woman, a little Diane, childless. Remained a child and younger than her age. Not pretty, but better."
Works[edit]
- (translated by Lady Mary Fox) Mary Madeleine (1851)[1]
- Three Tales: Christine van Amberg, Resignation, and the Village Doctor (1853)
- Poésies et Nouvelles (1855)
References[edit]
- ^ Acte de naissance du 28 octobre 1810, reconstitué après le 12 février 1872, Paris, Archives de Paris lire en ligne (vue 4/50) (dans l'ancien 1er arrondissement, d'après la fiche reconstituée)
- ^ Toutes ces données biographiques se trouvent dans Madame d'Arbouville d'après ses lettres à Sainte-Beuve, 1846-1850 par Léon Séché ; voir Bibliographie
External links[edit]
- Works by or about Sophie d'Arbouville at Internet Archive
- Review of Sophie d'Arbouville's Poésies et Nouvelles, The Dublin Review, December 1856, pp. 411–41
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