Pauline de Meulan

Pauline de Meulan (2 November 1773 in Paris — 1 August 1827) was a French writer and journalist.

Pauline de Meulan
BornElisabeth-Charlotte-Pauline de Meulan
(1773-11-02)November 2, 1773
Paris, France
DiedAugust 1, 1827(1827-08-01) (aged 53)
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
OccupationWriter, journalist
LanguageFrench
CitizenshipFrance
SpouseFrançois Guizot
RelativesHenriette-Marie de Meulan (sister)

Biography

She was the daughter of Count Charles de Meulan, an advisor to the King and general finance collector of Paris, later of Marguerite de Saint-Chamans.[1]

With the help of Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard, she began writing for the magazine Le Publiciste.[1]

She married François Guizot[1][2] in 1812. The couple seemed strange since she was 14 years older than François and both had very different characters, as stated by Gabriel de Broglie in the following table taken from his book Guizot:[3]

François GuizotPauline de Meulan
Provincial, born in a petty bourgeois family, without fortuneBorn in a noble and wealthy family of the Old Regime. Brought up in a brilliant society
Protestant, rigorousCatholic, tolerant
Solitary and withdrawnEnjoys theater and society
Bookish and seriousSpiritual, spicy, cultivates the art of paradox
Reads religious and philosophy booksIs fond of Racine
Dogmatic, theoretician, has plenty metaphysical certaintiesObservant, pragmatic, without great convictions

Works
  • Les Contradictions, ou ce qui peut arriver (1799)
  • La Chapelle d’Ayton, ou Emma Courtenay (1799)
  • Essais de littérature et de morale (1802)
  • Écolier, ou Raoul et Victor (1821)
  • Lettres de famille sur l'éducation (1826)
  • Une famille (1828)
  • Conseils de morale, ou Essais sur l'homme, la société, la littérature (1828)

References
  1. "Pauline de Meulan". guizot.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. Charles Defodon. "Guizot (madame)". Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. Gabriel de Broglie. Guizot (in French). pp. 32–36.
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