Marie Du Deffand [ Art and Literature ]
… noble family. In 1718, following an education received at the Benedictine convent of Madeleine de Traisnel, in Paris, she married Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Du Deffand, marquis de La Lande. She would sever all ties with her husband 10 … intent on safeguarding its cachet and language.’ 2 1 . Antoine Lilti, Le monde des salons. Sociabilité et mondanité à Paris au XVIIIe siècle (Paris: Ed. Fayard, 2005) 2 . Benedetta Craveri, Madame du Deffand et son monde (Paris: Flammarion, 2017), p. 621. Madame …
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