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Henriette Guizot de Witt

French writer

Henriette Guizot de Witt
Summary

French writer

Portrait of Henriette Guizot, 1842 by Clotilde Gérard-Juillerat

Henriette Guizot de Witt (August 6, 1829 in Paris – 1908 in Paris) was a French writer who wrote under the name Mme de Witt, née Guizot.

Family

Henriette Guizot de Witt was the daughter of the historian and politician François Guizot and the wife of Conrad de Witt. She was the sister of Guillaume Guizot. Her younger sister Pauline married Cornélis Henri de Witt, Conrad de Witt's brother. One of Henriette's daughters was the pronatalist and feminist activist Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger.

Works

In order to support family finances, Henriette Guizot de Witt composed some one hundred novels and educational texts of moralized history, such as Légendes et récits pour la jeunesse (1876), Scènes historiques (five series, 1875–85), Les chroniques de l'histoire de France jusqu'au XIVe siècle (4 volumes 1882-85). She also translated Shakespeare and Charles Dickens into French.

References

References

  1. [http://www.guizot.com/en/famille/enfants-de-guizot/henriette-pauline/ "Henriette and Pauline Guizot"]
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