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Desmond, ou L'amant philanthrope

1793 Subjects: Conduct of life, Women's rights Forms: Fiction, Gothic fiction Translation Status: Integral French Paris URL

Authors of source text

Charlotte Smith

Contributions

uncertainty L. C. D*** (Antoine-François Delandine): translator
Guillaume Denné: publisher
Philippe Denné: publisher

Related resources

is translation of: Desmond: A Novel has translation

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Bibliothèque nationale de France

Notes

The translator L.C.D has been tentatively identified as "le citoyen Delandine". Before becoming a deputy to the National Assembly in 1789, Delandine had been editor of a periodical, 'Le Conservateur, ou Bibliothèque choisie de littérature, de morale, et d’histoire' (1787-88, Buisson), which published interesting extracts from French and foreign works. In the approbation on the back page, he signs himself D. His interest in women writers led him to edit collections by Mme de Tencin and Mme de La Fayette (1786, Cuchet).

The 4-volume translation was reviewed favourably in the 'Journal encyclopédique' (May 1793).

See Katherine Astbury, 'Narrative responses to the trauma of the French Revolution' (2017).