Autograph letter from Anne Marguerite Feydeau to Voltaire, dated 16 June 1768 [D15081].
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CMV33964
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5-240 (VI, f.117-122), ‘Histoire de mes malheurs [V] ‘par Mad. de Brou’; [c’est l’original du fol. 67]. Au dos: [V] ‘de Mad. de Brou, tante du chevalier de la Barre.’’
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Autograph letter from Anne Marguerite Feydeau to Voltaire, dated 16 June 1768 [D15081].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis sortie de ma maison comme j’ai eu l’honneur de vous le mander trois mois après la détention du chever de Labarre.
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Je suis sortie de ma maison comme j’ai eu l’honneur de vous le mander trois mois après la détention du chever de Labarre.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Anne Marguerite Feydeau to Voltaire, dated 16 June 1768.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is an autograph letter recounting the story of Anne Marguerite Feydeau, a nun of the Cistercian convent of Willancourt, in Abbeville. It comprehensively discusses the speculatively unfounded allegations made against Feydeau’s conduct, including undue indulgence in entertainment, too frequent company of male visitors and negligence of her fellow nuns in need. Feydeau refutes most of the accusations and illustrates how the slander inflicted significant distress, compelling her to relocate on multiple occasions.
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6 ff.
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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MS1 is endorsed ‘Histoire de mes malheurs’, and by Voltaire ‘de made de Brou tante du chevalier de la Barre’.
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[16 June 1768]
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Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
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