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Excerpt from A Keeper of Royal Secrets: Being the Private and Political Life of Madame De Genlis
This volume has not had for its aim the rehabilitation of Mme. De Genlis, but it is the truth about her, and a semi rehabilitation of her has resulted from the truth. The time was ripe for such a book (and it was not an easy book to write), for Mme. De Genlis had come to be only a name remembered only with a smile,'' inasmuch as it evoked the idea of the most tedious of all the tedious authors of a very tedious epoch and, for some, the idea of a political intrigante of somewhat easy morals, who, in the witty phrase of another woman, made precepts of the virtues and a practice of the vices.
To many people it would not much matter if these ideas had continued to prevail until the very name of Mme. De Genlis had been forgotten, but it does matter a little to the literary history of France that such an impression should be rectified in so far as it is incorrect.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This volume has not had for its aim the rehabilitation of Mme. De Genlis, but it is the truth about her, and a semi rehabilitation of her has resulted from the truth. The time was ripe for such a book (and it was not an easy book to write), for Mme. De Genlis had come to be only a name remembered only with a smile,'' inasmuch as it evoked the idea of the most tedious of all the tedious authors of a very tedious epoch and, for some, the idea of a political intrigante of somewhat easy morals, who, in the witty phrase of another woman, made precepts of the virtues and a practice of the vices.
To many people it would not much matter if these ideas had continued to prevail until the very name of Mme. De Genlis had been forgotten, but it does matter a little to the literary history of France that such an impression should be rectified in so far as it is incorrect.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Jean Harmand
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266547136
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 504
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Jean Harmand
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331830887
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 506
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