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Germaine de Staël
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Genevan-French author (1766-1817)

Also known as: Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, Anne Germaine de Stael, Anne Louise Germaine Baronesse de Staël-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein, Anne Louise von Staël-Holstein, Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker

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Known works

  • Corinne (1800)
  • Dix années d'exil (1800)
  • De l'Allemagne (1813)
  • Correspondance (1979)
  • Considerations on the principal events of the French revolution (1818)