Madame du Deffand (1697-1780)
(Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamond, marquise du Deffand) “The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.” Cultivated and intense, Madame du Deffand was a French woman of letters (a fancy term for a scholar) who was a patron of fashion and… Read More »Madame du Deffand (1697-1780)
