Suzanne Curchod (1737-94) married Jacques Necker (1732-1804), later the finance minister of Louis XVI, in 1764; their daughter was Madame de Stael. This biography, written by a descendant, the comte d'Haussonville, and published in 1882, describes her life and her brilliant salon in pre-Revolutionary France.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Volume 1: 1. The archives at Coppet; 2. The Curchod family - the parsonage at Crassier - society in Lausanne; 3. Gibbon; 4. Death of M. and Mme. Curchod - Mme. de Vermenoux - departure for Paris - M. Necker - marriage; 5. The fridays: Marmontel, and the Abbé Morellet; 6. Grimm and Diderot; 7. D'Alembert - Mademoiselle de Lespinasse - the Abbé Galliani - Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - Dorat; 8. The ladies: Madame de Vermenoux - Madame Geoffrin - La Maréchale de Luxembourg - La Duchesse de Lauzun; 9. La Marquis de Deffand - La Marquise de la Ferté-Imbault - Madame de Marchais; 10. La Comtesse d'Houdetot; 11. The gentlemen: Moultou; 12. Buffon: his correspondence with Madame Necker - his last days; 13. Thomas. Volume 2: 1. Madame Necker's journal; 2. The girlhood and early years of Germaine Necker; 3. The marriage; 4. M. Necker's first term of office life; 5. The General Control Office; 6. The salon in the Rue Bergère; 7. M. Necker a second time in office; 8. The history of Coppet; 9. Coppet during the Revolution; 10. Madame Necker's last years; Index.
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A biography from 1882 describing the life of Madame Necker and her brilliant salon in pre-Revolutionary France.
