Adèle Daminois Explained
| Adèle Daminois |
| Birth Name: | Angélique Adèle Huvey |
| Birth Date: | 21 December 1789 |
| Birth Place: | Clermont, |
| Occupation: | Novelist, playwright |
Adèle Daminois, real name Angélique Adèle Huvey, (21 December 1789 – 5 March 1876) was a French woman novelist and playwright. She was Maria Du Fresnay's mother as well as Marie-Caroline Du Fresnay's and Ange Du Fresnay's grandmother.
She is known for her many articles in favor of the emancipation of women and their admission to jobs and honors [1] as well as for her lectures at the Athénée des Arts.[2] She authored novels of manners.
Works
- 1819: Léontine de Werteling, 2 vols.
- 1819: Maria
- 1821: Alfred et Zaïda, 3 vols.
- 1823: Mareska et Oscar, 4 vols.
- 1823: La Chasse au renard, vaudeville in 1 act, with Amable de Saint-Hilaire
- 1824: Lydie, ou la Créole, 3 vols.
- 1825: Charles, ou le Fils naturel, 4 vols.
- 1826: Alaïs, ou la Vierge de Ténédos, short story
- 1827: Mes souvenirs, ou Choix d'anecdotes
- 1832: Une mosaïque, 2 vols.
- 1834: Le Prisonnier de Gisors
- 1836: Le Cloître au XIXème siècle
- 1838: Une âme d'enfer
Bibliography
- Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, 1870, (p. 474) (Read online)
- Camille Dreyfus, André Berthelot, La Grande encyclopédie, vol.13, 1886, (p. 812)
- Cecilia Beach, French Women Playwrights Before the Twentieth Century, 1994, (p. 100)
- Martine Reid, Des femmes en littérature, 2010, (p. 328)
Notes and References
- Lucia Omacini, Le roman épistolaire français au tournant des lumières, 2003,
- Dreyfus et Berthelot, op.cit in reference.
