Marguerite de Lubert explained

Marguerite de Lubert
Birth Name:	Marie-Madeleine de Lubert
Birth Date:	December 17, 1702
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Death Place:	Argentan, France
Occupation:	Academic, author, fairytale transcriber and playwright
Parents:	Louis de Lubert (father)

Marguerite de Lubert or Marie-Madeleine de Lubert (17 December 1702, Paris – 20 August 1785, Argentan) was a French woman of letters.^[1]

Life

Marie-Madeleine, sometimes called Marguerite de Lubert, whose life is little known, is the author of wonderful folk tales. De Lubert was the daughter of Louis de Lubert, president of the Third Chamber of the Inquiry of Parliament, amateur musician (violin) and founder on 10 January 1722 of one of the first amateur orchestras in Paris, the Academy of Mellophiletes.

She corresponded with Voltaire, and sent him a play of verses in 1732.^[2]

Works

• Tecserion, 1737^[3] or, in 1743, Sec et noir, ou la Princesse des fleurs et le prince des autruches, conte, avec un Discours préliminaire, qui contient l'apologie des contes de fées ("Dry and Black, or the Flower Princess and the Ostrich Prince")^[4]
• La Princesse Camion ("Princess Camion"), 1743,
• Le Prince Glacé et la princesse Étincelante ("Prince Frozen and Princess Sparkling"),^[4] 1743
• La Princesse Couleur de rose et le prince Céladon ("Princess Roseate and Prince Celadon"), 1743
• La Princesse Lionnette et le prince Coquerico ("Princess Lionette and Prince Coquerico"), 1743
• La Princesse Sensible et le prince Typhon ("Princess Sensible and Prince Typhon"), 1743
• La Princesse Coque d'Oeuf et le prince Bonbon ("Princess Eggshell and Prince Bonbon"), 1743
• La Veillée galante, 1747 ("The Galant Gathering"), with a fairy tale inserted: Le Petit Chien Blanc ("The Little White Dog")^[4]
• Amadis de Gaules, 4 vol., 1750
• Blancherose, 1751
• Mourat et Turquia, histoire africaine, 1752
• Le Château des lutins de Kernosy, 1753, with two fairy tales inserted: Étoilette ("Starlight") and Peau d'Ourse ("Bearskin"),^[4]
• Book: Leonille: Nouvelle. 1755. Lambert.
• La Tyrannie des fées détruite, 1756 (re-edition)
• Histoire secrète du prince Croqu'étron et de la princesse Foirette, v. 1790

Recent collections

• Aurélie Zygel-Basso (ed) Contes Paris: H. Champion ; Genève : Diffusion, Slatkine, 2005,

External links

• 41388840. Hoffmann. Kathryn A.. Reviewed work: Mademoiselle de Lubert: Contes. Bibliothèque des génies et des fées 14, Aurélie Zygel-Basso. Marvels & Tales. 2007. 21. 2. 278–280.
• Web site: Marguerite de Lubert - oi. oxfordindex.oup.com. 2017-08-26.
• Tecserion at Bibliothèque nationale de France

Notes and References

1. Web site: La princesse Camion / Mlle de Lubert. Marguerite de. Lubert. Elisabeth. Lemirre. July 15, 1995. Mercure de France. [Paris].
2. Book: Haase, Donald. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales [3 Volumes]]. 2007-12-30. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313049477. en.
3. Web site: Tecserion . data.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 3 March 2019.
4. The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Edited by Jack Zipes. Oxford University Press. 2015. p. 368.