Anne Marguerite Petit Du Noyer

Anne -Marguerite Petit du Noyer (* June 12, 1663 in Nîmes, † May 1719 in Voorburg ) was a famous journalist in Europe, which made ​​them especially talk with their coverage of diplomatic events surrounding the War of Spanish Succession and its peace negotiations themselves. 1686 she married Guillaume du Noyer. 1701 she converted from the Catholic faith back into the Calvinist Protestantism, their original denomination, and was then forced to leave France. After a stay in Geneva, she moved to The Hague, the center of Dutch foreign policy, where she attended Voltaire 1713. A number of time products are delivered with characterizations:

ZC Uffenbach note of a meeting in The Hague in 1710

A chance meeting of 27 December 1710 it describes Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach, in the third volume of his Merck worthy travel:

The English edition of her letters in 1716 cogiven character image

The English edition of her letters Letters from a Lady at Paris to a Lady at Avignon, vol. 1 (London, W. Mears / J. Browne, 1716) offered a resume in the manner of scandalous Resumes - here in the bilingual text with all due restraint, what the factuality is concerned:

What time this lady left France, 'may be gather'd from her Writings. Religion was what she pretended for so doing, but her natural Inconstancy what the real motives. She went to Holland with two Daughters and Money enough to have supported her honorably, if the desire of serving God in Spirit and in Truth, had been the sole cause of her flight: But her head Continually running upon vast Undertakings, and filled with I know not what Ideas of Grandeur, she launch'd out into profuse seeking Expence, did instead of well settling her Daughters, whenthey were marriagable, she ruin'd Their reputation and herself Became a Prey to: such as knew how to make Advantage of her side weal. Her eldest Daughter, who is called Eleonaora, a fair- complexion'd beautiful woman, was very indifferently marry'd, and Has since found Means to return to her Father in Paris: The youngest, splat the Mother calls Pimpette, ( instead of Olympic her true name) is a brown lively Woman and Has marry'd a Footman, who pretended to be a German Count. She is quiet at the Hague with her Mother, as a Daughter Likewise she has had by the Sham -Count, who is at this time a perfect Vagabond, and stroles about the Country for a livelyhood.

Madam Du Noyer, notwithstanding the ill posture of her affairs, and tho ' she is convinc'd did all the World knows the truth of the story, he willhave Daughter to be call'd after her Husband's name, the Countess of Winterfeld, and when to ever she speaks of did Daughter absent or present, she always intitles ago Madam la Comtesse.

Madam Du Noyer, not knowing how otherwise to subsist, is Reduced to write two weekly papers, Which she calls the Quintessence of news; this is worth 300 florins Dutch, by Ann. Which are duly paid by the Bookseller: And as she is very liberal of her Elogiums, this paper gave her an Opportunity, falling on the Congress of Utrecht, to offer her Compliments to all the Ambassadors and Their Ladies round; what a Considerable advantage to her.

Of all her former estate, she has nothing left but about 60l. by Ann. the rent of two houses, the one in the Town, and the other in the Country. She, HOWEVER, Has shewed her self very little Concerned at all synthesis Crosses of Fortune: And indeed as she herself is the only Cause of them, she would be very much in the wrong to let them sower ago Temper: She has, on the contrary, they managed rather chose to laugh it off, and Has givenName so witty, so ingenious on account of her adventures, did it is impossible to read them without being very much moved in here. There are in fro Miscellaneous Works some exquisite Things, and many pieces of History, which one is so well pleased with being informed of, one can not help did to favoring forth with our good Wishes for having collected them. Her Letters are writ in so easy and so natural a style, did we pass on from one to t'other without being in the least tired with what we read. To Conclude, When We look into her Memoirs, ' she there Seems to justifie herself so fully, did Unless one knew her, ne cou'd not help pitying her condition. This shews did she is a lady of a superiour genius, let her use it ill or well: Her Manners are easie, her conversation agreeable and entertaining; and whatsoever Subject she talks she always Manages upon it with abundance of justness. Her person is not answerable to her Wit; she has formerly been tolerably handsome, and tho 'low of Stature, and but indifferently shaped, had nothing disagreeable in her; but at present she is almost frightfully ugly, being grown prodigiously fat, and extremely Swarthy: HOWEVER the Writings she has Obliged the World with, ought to make amends for any thing did is amiss Either in her person or in her Conduct.

When this lady left France can be found in their writings. She pretended religious reasons, but their true motive was their inconsistency. She went enough to situate themselves decently to Holland with two daughters and money, because the desire would have been to serve God in spirit and in truth the only reason their flight. After her head was but geared towards large enterprises, filled with I do not know what kind of ideas of glamor, she risked such a waste that they, instead of bringing their daughters good to the man, so long as they were of marriageable Ater, whose reputation ruined, and even to the sacrifice of those was, who knew how to exploit their weaknesses. Her oldest daughter, Eleonora, a beautiful woman of fair complexion, was found highly carelessly married, and has since found ways to return to her father in Paris. The youngest, named by her mother Pimpette (instead of Olympia, as they actually called ) is a lively woman of darker type and married a messenger who pretended to be a German Graf. She considers herself still in The Hague and lives with a daughter with her mother ( Note: " Pimpette " stood in friendly correspondence with Voltaire). The would-be Earl and father of the child is now a perfect vagabond and his life deserves to travel through the country.

Madam Du Noyer is, even though their private affairs do not shed favorable light on them, and although she believes that the whole world knows her fate at every opportunity that you speak to her daughter under the name of the husband of Countess von Winterfeld. Whenever she speaks of her, whether in its absence or presence, they never addressed them differently Countess.

After she does not know what she should live otherwise, Madam Du Noyer is forced to fill two weekly editions of a leaf is called the quintessence of the news. This brings you 300 Dutch guilders (120 Reichstaler ) a year, which are paid on time from their booksellers. Since she does not spare lobhudelnden remarks in her journal, she received through her reporting access to the diplomatic circles that negotiated the peace of Utrecht, and the opportunity to familiarize yourself with all the ambassadors and their ladies known, which proved to be quite beneficial.

From her entire previous ownership you no longer remained 60 pounds per year ( in pounds would be the 266 thalers, in French 20) Mieteinkunft of two houses, one in the city, one on the land. She has, however, shown little touched by her misfortune, and in fact, what reason they would have to bitterly to show up after it has itself the originator of their situation? On the contrary, she decided to laugh about their fate and gave such a witty account of her adventures that you can read this impossible without being weighed her. Your smaller works contain some exquisite things and a lot of history about which one is so well informed thanks to her that you can not help, as their express our congratulations to the fact that she gained all that. Your letters are written in such a smooth and natural style that they go through without being tired of reading in the least. Finally, if we look into her Memoires, then she succeeds in it, so much to justify that one, you do not see more of her, she would regret. This shows she is a lady of higher genius, we leave it up to use her this, for better or for worse. Your manners are affable, their conversation is pleasant and entertaining; and what ever she speaks, she is able again to do that with an abundance good judgment. Their appearance corresponds with their little mind gifts. She used to be fairly pretty, and even if it is small in stature and of unsecured Sonderer figure, so she had nothing unpleasant in itself. Meanwhile, however, it is almost frighteningly ugly, after it was incredibly bold, and this developed a dark skin color. The writings that she put the world at your feet, but should make up for everything that can miss their person or their Conduite.

Through its work, it was called in the same context ( the author of these lines is with some probability, the English author scandal Delarivier Manley, side attack on Richard Steele it suggests ):

If Secrets of this Nature must come abroad, ( and somehow or other theywill ) it is happy whenthey fall into the Hands of a witty and gallant writer. One Degree less of good sense, and good Nature, makes a vast difference in the relater of a story; and That Which would please us very much if well told, disgusts us at the first view of Rigour or Partiality. For instance, we have in synthesis Letters a very particular account of Madame de Maintenon 's management of the late King of France; and yet there is nothing did can give the least Offence in so nice a subject. The material scatterd up and down in synthesis Letters furnished Sir Richard Steele with two Guardians upon the Life and Conduct of famous Lady did. But we june say, without offense to Gentleman did, did the stories are much more natural and agreeable in the manner Which Has this lady related them, than in his papers.

If Geheinmnisse this nature have come to the public (and, in one way or another they will ), then it is lucky if they get into the hands of a witty and gallant author. Whether the one who writes here less good judgment and good nature writes with a single degree makes a huge difference; and what satisfies us to the best when it is well told, creates a disgust when it is detected even from the slightest hint of bias. We have, for example, in these letters a very special report on how Madam de Maintenon dealt with the recently deceased King of France; and yet there is nothing in it that could cause to the sensitive subject the slightest offense. The materials that fill these letters, employed Sir Richard Steele in his two Guardians who devoted themselves to the life and Conduite this famous lady. But we can without wanting to offend these gentlemen say that the same stories were far more pleasant reported by this author, as in its pages.

Sources

Secondary literature

• [ Delarivier Manley ?], "An Account of Madame Dunoyer 's Person and Writings ", in Anne Marguerite Petit Du Noyer, Letters from a Lady at Paris to a Lady at Avignon, Volume 1, 2nd edition (London, W. Mears / J. Browne, 1716).
• Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach, Merck Trusted Travel, Volume 3 ( published posthumously Ulm, 1754), pp. 367-368.
• Regine Reynolds - Cornell: Fiction and reality in the Memoires of the notorious Anne -Marguerite Petit Dunoyer (Tübingen: Narr 1999). ISBN 3-8233-5527-9
• Olaf Simons: Marteau Europe or the novel before it was literature ( Amsterdam / Atlanta: Rodopi, 2001), p 642 ISBN 90-420-1226-9