Today we are celebrating the 411th birthday of Mademoiselle de Scudéry, famed French intellec
Today we are celebrating the 411th birthday of Mademoiselle de Scudéry, famed French intellectual and author of what is often cited as the world’s longest novel. This portrait of Diana is the frontispiece to volume 6 of that nearly 2,000,000 word work: Artamène, or Cyrus the Great.⠀ PQ1922 .A8 1650⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #bluestockings #womenwrite #novels #diana #goddess #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt -- source link
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