Morency, Barbe-Suzanne-Aimable Giroux de (1770–?)
Morency, Barbe-Suzanne-Aimable Giroux de (1770–?)
French novelist. Name variations: Barbe Giroux de Morency; Madame G. de Morency; Madame or Mme Bertrand Quinquet. Born 1770 in France; death date unknown.
Published Illyrine, ou l'écueil de l'inexpérience (1799–1800), detailing the life of a courtesan during the Reign of Terror, which appears to be the 1st novel with a 1st-person erotic narrative written by a woman; also wrote Lise, ou les hermites du Mont-Blanc (1801), Rosellina, ou les méprises de l'amour et de la nature (1801), Euphémie, ou les suites du siège de Lyon (1802), Orphana, ou les enfants du hameau, and Zephira et Figdella, ou les débutantes dans le monde (1806).
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