Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine) 1766-1817 creator text utu 2005 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Delphine" by Madame de Staël is a novel published in 1802. Written in epistolary form, it explores the constraints on women's freedom in aristocratic society during the French Revolution. The story follows Delphine d'Albémar, a young widow who arranges a marriage between her cousin Matilde and Léonce de Mondoville—only to fall tragically in love with Léonce herself. The controversial novel, which addresses divorce, emigration, and political liberalism, prompted Napoleon to exile the author from Paris. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_(novel) Release date is 2005-04-01 Produced by Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr Original publication data not identified Epistolary fiction Women -- Social conditions -- Fiction Women -- France -- 18th century -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7812 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7812 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133213.0 7812