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Author: Chastenay , Victorine de

Pseudonyms:
Spouse/other names:Louise-Marie-Victoire de Chastenay de Lanty
Gender:female
Year of birth:1771
Year of death:1855
About her personal situation:- fille de Catherine-Louise d’Herbouville et d’Érard-Louis-Guy, comte de Chastenay de Lanty - élevée par des maîtres les plus renommés, entre autres Mme de Genlis, ensemble avec les enfants d'Orléans - élue Chanoinesse au chapitre noble d'Épinal en 1785 - attirée par les idées révolutionnaires - pourchassée pendant les années agitées après 1789 - dès son retour à Paris reçue dans les salons politiques, scientifiques et littéraires Standardizing 5TrSchoolFeb13 jdg: Origin • Place of birth : Not yet checked • Lived in: Paris • Place of death : Not yet checked National identity • Nationality : French • First language (s) : French Marital status: - Not yet checked Number of children : - Not yet checked Social class : - Nobility Education: - Well educated Religion/ideology : - Not yet checked

Countries:France
Languages:French
Relations to other authors: Friend of Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de


About her professional situation:- translator from english: "The mysteries of Udolpho" d'Ann Radcliffe - autrice - mémorialiste - Canoness Standardizing 5TrSchoolFeb13: Publishing under: - Not yet checked Profession(s) and activities: - Translator from English Languages in which she published : - French Collaboration/connections with male authors : - Not yet checked Financial aspects of her career: - Not yet checked Memberships - Not yet checked
Elements of bibliography:MENTIONED IN: - Briquet - Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921 - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "Although she never married, her position as canoness enabled her to take the title of Madame, and allowed her to live independently. She was familiar with the idea of philosophers and was said to be Republican-minded." - MMF transl.woman svdmay11 Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret, introduction à Victorine de Chastenay, Mémoires, 1771-1815, éd. Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret, Paris, Perrin, 1987: "De tous les mémorialistes de son temps, Mme de Chastenay est l’un des plus ingénus mais aussi des plus sincères. Elle est celle qui illustre de la façon la plus fraîche ce qu’on entendait au XVIIIe siècle par civilité ou urbanité : modération dans le propos, politesse dans le style, franchise et aménité jusque dans l’ironie. Elle est aimable avant tout, avec une pincée de préjugé, sans rien d’amer ou d’exagéré, sans suffisance et toujours avec bonheur."
Websites: R.Trousson [communication en ligne]
Dictionnaire SIEFAR nouvelle version

Editors: Suzan van Dijk (update on 12 December 2009)
Suzan van Dijk (update on 28 May 2011)
Suzan van Dijk (update on 28 May 2011)
Suzan van Dijk (update on 02 June 2011)
Suzan van Dijk (update on 16 March 2012)
Janouk de Groot (update on 17 April 2013)

Works written by this author

E 1 *Victorine de Chastenay, the author ()
E 2 Calendrier de Flore, ou Études de fleurs d’après nature (1802)
E 3 De l’Asie, ou considérations religieuses, philosophiques et littéraires sur l’Asie (1832)
E 4 Du génie des peuples anciens, ou tableau historique et littéraire du développement de l’esprit humain chez les peuples anciens, depuis les premier temps connus jusqu’au commencement de l’ère chrétienne (1808)
E 5 Le village abandonné (1797)
E 6 Les chevaliers normands en Italie et en Sicile, et Considérations générales sur l'histoire de la chevalerie, et particulièrement sur celle de la chevalerie en France (1816)
E 7 Mémoires 1771-1815 (1896)

Authors read by this author

Xreception 1 Radcliffe, Ann   -   The mysteries of Udolpho