Marie, a French Poet and Translator

Marie's novel is arguetly one of the first of her french psychological novels. It became extremely popular, being republished in 15 95, 15 98, 16 o seven, 16 26, 16 34, 16 forty one. Though less overt than er other works, mari uses alinda's story to illustrate why women need to be educated and not slavisto dependent on their often disloyal partners. A common argument was that educated women wantonly pursue their desires and abandon christian virtues like charity and chastity. Marie replied by writing: 'It does little to honour chastity to believe that only the blind could find it beautiful' In 16 forty one she will publishd