Isabelle de Charrière

Description: (Dutch-Swiss Writer Best Known for Her Letters and Novels)
Isabelle de Charrière was born to a Dutch noble family but later married her brother’s Swiss teacher and settled in Switzerland. A fine novelist, known for works such as Trois Femmes and Caliste; ou, lettres écrites de Lausanne, she critiqued social conventions and aristocratic privilege.

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Birthday October 20, 1740 (Libra)
Died on December 27, 1805
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