Sévigné

American  

[sey-vee-nyey] / seɪ viˈnyeɪ /

noun

1. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de, 1626–96, French writer, especially of letters.

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Sévigné British  

/ seviɲe /

noun

1. Marquise de, title of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal. 1626–96, French letter writer. Her correspondence with her daughter and others provides a vivid account of society during the reign of Louis XIV

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Example Sentences

Philippe Sellier, a literature professor at Paris IV university, added that Madame de La Fayette, along with the aristocratic writers Madame de Sévigné and Mademoiselle de Scudéry, formed what he called a “feminine avant-garde”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2017

Living in Paris from her third to fourteenth years, she attended the College Sévigné, developed a linguistic talent which now allows her. to talk French, German, Danish and Russian.

From Time Magazine Archive

I can't say, as Madame de Sévigné did, "ma plume vole," for mine stops and scratches, and makes holes in the paper, and does everything it can to make my writing difficult.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

PULIGA, Comtesse de.—Madame de Sévigné, her correspondents and her contemporaries.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

One very interesting series describes the habits and regimen of Vichy, which Madame de Sévigné visited in consequence of a severe attack of rheumatism.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George