Mme Victorine Collin WORK France
| Title | Mme Victorine Collin |
|---|---|
| Is same as work | Mme Victorine Collin |
| Part of work | |
| Author | Montferrand, Alfred de (pseudonym) |
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| Place | France |
| Date | 1843 |
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| Type | WORK |
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| Notes | ['jdegmay12\n\nArticle written and signed by Victorine Collin herself.\n\nRefuses to state her precise date of birth, and finishes by saying: "je suis une enfant du siècle, voisine, très-voisine de l\'autre; de sorte qu\'à deux ou trois ans près, c\'est absolument comme si vous aviez lu mon acte de naissance : voici pour mon âge." p.325\n\nOn her looks:\n"quand je fus au monde, mon père, me prenant dans ses bras, me regarda avec délice et émotion: \'Je t\'aime bien\', dit-il, mais tu es bien laide" p.325\nShe tells how her mother was afraid she had given birth to a devilish creature, and how her nurse had to defend her against other nurses who "ne cessaient de se récrier sur ma maigreur, ma noirceur, mes yeux cernés, ma taille fluette et délicate", even though her looks did eventually improve somewhat. p.326\n\nUnwilling to give the title of one of her novels that was unsuccessful. p.333\n\nNegative about own abilities: "Je ne sais pas écrire, moi" p.333\n\nstandardizingsept12jdg\n\nJudgment/evaluation :\n-\tNegative about author (\'I had little to tell\')\n-\tNegative about work\n\nProviding anecdotes about her :\n-\tEarly talents as a writer\n-\tBeauty (ugly as a child)\n-\tTalent for activities other than writing\n-\tLife struggles and hardships\n-\tEducation\n\nFinancial aspects, referring to :\n-\tMoney earned\n-\tInvesting her own money ("mon début littéraire me coûta 400 fr.")\n\nComparisons to/mentions of other women authors :\n-\tIn negative sense (for this author): George Sand, Germaine de Staël\n\nComparisons to/mentions of male authors : François-René de Chateaubriand, Alphonse de Lamartine\n-\tIn positive sense (for both): François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil, Honoré de Balzac (same subject for a work)\n\nGender : \n-\tCorresponds to female norms (pos.)'] |
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