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Charrière Isabelle de (born Isabelle-Agnès-Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serookskerken van Zuylen)
(1740— 1805)

Dutch-born Swiss novelist, essayist, dramatist, short story writer, librettist, and poet. Charrière was born into Dutch nobility and raised in aristocratic fashion at the family castle outside Utrecht. The first of seven children, she was educated both at home and abroad, studying in both Geneva and Paris under the tutelage of her Swiss... More...

Netherlands, 1978, Passage from letter of Isabelle de Charrière