Germaine de Staël – Woman of Letters and Social Influence
Writer Madame de Stael Baroness of Staël-Holstein’s brilliant salon at Paris before and after the French revolution was a meeting place for men of great minds
Madame de Stael
Mme de Staël
‘Men of wit are so astounded by the existence of women rivals that they cannot judge them with either an adversary’s generosity or protector’s indulgence. This is a new kind of combat, in which men follow the laws of neither kindness nor honour’* French-Swiss writer, a woman of letters and…