Lagrave, Comtesse de (1770–1820)
Lagrave, Comtesse de (1770–1820)
French novelist. Born 1770 in France; died 1820.
Known for sentimental novels, including Minuit, ou les aventures de Paul de Mirebon (1798), Sophie de Beauregard, ou le véritable amour (1798), Zabeth, ou la victime de l'ambition (1798), La Chaumière incendiée (1802), M. Ménard ou l'homme comme il y en a peu (1802), Hector de Romagny, ou l'erreur d'une bonne mére (1803), Paulina (1804), and La Méprise de diligence (1820); also wrote Gothic novel Le Chaâteau d'Alvarino, ou les effets de la vengeance (1799).
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