Montolieu, Pauline (1751–1832)

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Montolieu, Pauline (1751–1832)

Swiss novelist and translator. Name variations: Madame Polier de Bottens; Baronne Isabelle de Montolieu. Born Isabelle Pauline Polier de Bottens, 1751, in Lausanne, Switzerland; died 1832; m. Benjamin de Crousaz, 1769 (died 1775); m. Baron de Montolieu, 1786.

Wrote novels Caroline de Litchfield (1786), Cécile de Rodeck, and Alice; published many translations of German and French works, including The Swiss Family Robinson (1813) to which she wrote a sequel (1824).

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