Adèle Daminois
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| Adèle Daminois | |
|---|---|
| Born | Angélique Adèle Huvey 21 December 1789 Clermont, |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Paris |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright |
Adèle Daminois, real name Angélique Adèle Huvey, (21 December 1789 – 5 March 1876) was a French female novelist and playwright and also Maria Du Fresnay's mother.
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
- 1826: Le Cloître au XIX
- 1827: Mes souvenirs, ou Choix d'anecdotes
- 1832: Une mosaïque, 2 vols.
- 1834: Le Prisonnier de Gisors
- 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)
