Salons [ Associational culture ]
… des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau , MM 59.3.1, c. 1812. This painting depicts a fictionalized scene of a reading of Voltaire’s tragedy L’Orpheline de la Chine that took place in 1755. In the tableau, all of the famous … Press, 1975), p.17. Salons would also often include various genres of entertainment, such as theater, gambling, oral readings of new literary texts or recently received letters, and of course, extensive conversation. 8 Madame Du Deffand …
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