Research Catalog

Title

Marie d'Agoult : the rebel countess / Richard Bolster.

Author

Bolster, Richard

Publication

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2000.

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Description

x, 278 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Talented and resolutely independent, Marie d'Agoult (1805-76) was one of the most remarkable women of her time. Abandoning her privileged position in society, she eloped with her great love, the pianist and composer Franz Liszt, and later won fame as a writer under the pen name Daniel Stern. She published fiction, articles on literature, music, art and politics, and a history of the revolution of 1848, and she was an eloquent advocate for democracy, the eradication of poverty, and the emancipation of women." "Drawing on her memoirs, letters, and other unpublished writings, Richard Bolster's biography sets Marie d'Agoult's eventful life against a backdrop of dramatic political change in France."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

University press scholarship online.

Subject

• Stern, Daniel, 1805-1876
• D'
• 1800-1899
• Authors, French > 19th century > Biography
• Women authors, French > 19th century > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-272) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A Soldier's Daughter -- The Fall of Napoleon -- The Ways of the World -- Adolescence -- Marriage French Style -- The Wind of Revolution -- Elopement -- Life with Liszt -- The Lovers in Italy -- The Break with Liszt -- The Career of Writer -- Autumn Leaves.

ISBN

0300082460 (alk.)

LCCN

^^^99055838^

OCLC

• 42765352
• SCSB-10692945

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library