Inspirational Quotes by Delphine de Girardin (French Novelist)

Delphine de Girardin (1804–55,) née Gay, was a French author. A minor literary figure, she wrote a weekly column in La Presse 1836–48.

Born in Aix-Ia-Chapelle, Girardin’s mother, the novelist Sophie Gay, brought her up in a brilliant literary society. She published two volumes of miscellaneous pieces, Essais poétiques (1824) and Nouveaux Essais poétiques (1825.)

Girardin married the novelist and publisher Émile de Girardin and contributed feuilletons to her husband’s paper La Presse under the pseudonym Vicomte Charles de Launay. Her contributions 1836–39 were collected under the title of Lettres Parisiennes (1843.)

Girardin also wrote elegant sketches of society life and some poetry, plays and novels, of which Le Lorgnon (1831, ‘The Eyeglasses’) was popular. Her romances include Contes d’une vieille fille à ses neveux (1832,) La Canne de Monsieur de Balzac (1836) and Il ne faut pas jouer avec la douleur (1853.) The best known of her dramatic pieces in prose and verse are L’École des journalistes (1840,) Judith (1843,) Cléopâtre (1847,) and Lady Tartufe (1853.)

Girardin was very influential in literary society. Théophile Gautier, Honoré de Balzac, Alfred de Musset, and Victor Hugo frequented her salon. Her collected works were published in six volumes 1860–61.

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