Cottin, Sophie (1770–1807)

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Cottin, Sophie (1770–1807)

French novelist. Name variations: Sophie Risteau Cottin; Marie Cottin. Born 1770 in Tonneins, Lot-et-Garonne, France; died in Paris, Aug 25, 1807.

Lived turbulent life in Paris and wrote on themes of passion and romance; wrote sentimental novels Claire d'Albe (1799), Amélie Mansfield (1803), Malvina (1804), Mathilde, ou mémoires tirés de l'histoire des Croisades (1805) and Elisabeth ou les exilés de Sibérie (Elizabeth, or the Exiles of Siberia, 1806), her best-known work; complete edition of her works published in 5 vols (1817).

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