Adèle Daminois  | |
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| Born | Angélique Adèle Huvey 21 December 1789  | 
| Died | 5 March 1876 (aged 86) | 
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, playwright | 
Adèle Daminois, real name Angélique Adèle Huvey, (21 December 1789 – 5 March 1876) was a French female novelist and playwright. She was Maria Du Fresnay's mother as well as Marie-Caroline Du Fresnay's and Ange Du Fresnay's grandmother.
She is known for her many articles in favor of the emancipation of women and their admission to jobs and honors [1] as well as for her lectures at the Athénée des Arts.[2] She authored novels of manners.
Works
- 1819: Léontine de Werteling, 2 vols.
 - 1819: Maria
 - 1821: Alfred et Zaïda, 3 vols.
 - 1823: Mareska et Oscar, 4 vols.
 - 1823: La Chasse au renard, vaudeville in 1 act, with Amable de Saint-Hilaire
 - 1824: Lydie, ou la Créole, 3 vols.
 - 1825: Charles, ou le Fils naturel, 4 vols.
 - 1826: Alaïs, ou la Vierge de Ténédos, short story
 - 1827: Mes souvenirs, ou Choix d'anecdotes
 - 1832: Une mosaïque, 2 vols.
 - 1834: Le Prisonnier de Gisors
 - 1836: Le Cloître au XIXème siècle
 - 1838: Une âme d'enfer
 
Bibliography
- Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, 1870, (p. 474) (Read online)
 - Camille Dreyfus, André Berthelot, La Grande encyclopédie, vol.13, 1886, (p. 812)
 - Cecilia Beach, French Women Playwrights Before the Twentieth Century, 1994, (p. 100)
 - Martine Reid, Des femmes en littérature, 2010, (p. 328)
 
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