Isabelle de Charrière
Isabelle de Charrière (; 20 October 174027 December 1805), known as
Belle van Zuylen in the
Netherlands, née
Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, and
[Madame] Isabelle de Charrière (
married name) elsewhere, was a Dutch and Swiss writer of the
Enlightenment who lived the latter half of her life in
Colombier, Neuchâtel. She is now best known for her letters and novels, although she also wrote pamphlets, music and plays. She took a keen interest in the society and politics of her age, and her work around the time of the
French Revolution is regarded as being of particular interest.
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