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Book & Review Forums: Madame de Staël

Interesting

3 out of 5

This biography is intriguing, if a bit abrupt. I think the conversational tone adds a more human quality to the descriptions of Germaine's over the top personality. However, her charisma just doesn't seem to translate well into the written word and I can't imagine how anyone would put up with (much less adore) someone as overbearing and ridiculous as her. Her continual use of emotional blackmail and threats of suicide get tiresome and her greatly inflated sense of self-importance was laughable. It may well be that without actually meeting her one cannot truly understand and appreciate her dramatic nature, I certainly can't.

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