… Mademoiselle Clairon, at the Montigny residence, but claimed she did not appreciate the maudlin play-acting currently in fashion in France and regretted that contemporary literature was ‘as sterile as it was abundant.’ 5 She was shocked by …
… Although she wrote mainly on political, military and religious , 25 subjects, she also gave an account of the social fashions and practices of the time, including society leisure activities in Paris (masked balls, promenades 26 …
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