Julie de lespinasse death wish

French salon-holder, writer (–)

Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (9 November – 23 May ) was a French salon holder and letter writer.

Julie Jeanne Éléonore de Lespinasse was born in Lyon, the natural child of the Comtesse d'Albon and possibly the Comte de Vichy-Chamron, and she died young.

Julie Jeanne Éléonore de Lespinasse was born in Lyon, the natural child of the Comtesse d'Albon and possibly the Comte de Vichy-Chamron, and she died young.

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Despite the efforts of her friend, the once famed hostess began to deteriorate at an alarming rate and died a broken woman at the age of just

A good example of this is the fact that Madame Geoffrin sponsored Julie de Lespinasse after she had to leave Mme. du Deffand; it might be simple generosity, but.

From Letter of Julie de Lespinasse to the Comte de Guibert.

She held a prominent salon in Paris during the Enlightenment. She is best-known today, however, for her letters, first published in , which offer compelling accounts of two tragic love affairs.

Early life

Julie-Jeanne-Éléonore de Lespinasse was born in Lyon, the illegitimate daughter of Julie-Claude-Hilaire d’Albon, who was the sole heir of an old family.^[1][2] Her mother, who was married to the Comte d'Albon, separated from her husband at the time of her birth, and the baby was baptized as the daughter of two fictitious persons, 'Claude Lespinasse' and his wife 'Julie Navarre'.^[1] The mystery of who her father really was did not get cleared up until her first careful biographer, the Marquis de Ségur (Pierre Marie Maurice Henri marquis de Ségur, ), established that she wa