Octavie Belot (1719 - 1804)
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| related to | Ligniville d'Autricourt, Anne-Catherine de |
| related to | Riccoboni, Marie-Jeanne |
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| Place(s) of Residence | Paris , France |
Author of
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| Réflexions d'une provinciale sur le discours de M. Rousseau [..] touchant l'origine de l'inégalité (1756) | 0 | 0 |
| Observations sur la noblesse et le tiers état (1758) | 1 | 0 |
| Mélanges de littérature anglaise (1759) | 3 | 0 |
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Histoire de Rasselas
(1760)
is also a reception: is translation of Rasselas: the Prince of Abissinia. A tale |
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| Ophélie (1763) | 0 | 0 |
Editor of
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-Circulations of Octavie Belot, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Octavie Belot, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| Sketches of the lives and writings of the ladies of France | Thicknesse, Ann | 1780 | comments on person |
Mentioned in:
- La Porte 1769 V, 258-291 (see hyperlink for list)
- Boudier de Villemert 1779
- Briquet 1804
- MMF
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "The first of her two published essays is a criticism of Rousseau's discourse on equality, an his idealization of natural life".
Voisine de quartier de Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni (cf Girou-Swiderski) elle appelle Mme Helvetius "l'Arthemise de notre siecle" (dans lettre a Devaux 28-3-1772) autre lettre au meme (28-7-1772) sur la meme: [..] Nous nous voyons assez ouvent, pour des etres egalement farouches. [...] (Corr.gen Helvetius, t.III p.411)
Lived in Chaillot, died in Chaillot.
Widowed, remarried to Durey de Meinières, widowed.
Translator from English (Johnson, Hume - source: Briquet)