Countess de Segur
her full name is Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina
Countess de Segur was a French writer of Russian birth.
Born: 1799, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Death: 1874 at 75
Spouse: Eugène de Ségur
She and her husband had 8 children. Children are one of the main themes in her novels
Novels Written:
Un bon petit diable
Les Malheurs de Sophie
Diloy le chemineau
Mémoires d'un âne
Jean qui grogne et Jean qui rit
Le Mauvais Génie
François le bossu
Les Caprices de Gizelle
Pauvre Blaise
La Fortune de Gaspard
Quel amour d'enfant !
Les Petites Filles modèles
La sœur de Gribouille
Blondine
Après la pluie, le beau temps
The novels of the Countess of Ségur were published from 1857 to 1872- 15 years
Countess de Segur was famous for French Literature
She is best known today for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie ("Sophie's Misfortunes"). The action takes place in a castle in the French countryside during theSecond french Empire
The Countess de Ségur wrote her first novel at the age of 58.
In 1814 the Rostopchine family left Imperial Russia for exile, going first to the Duchy of Warsaw, then to the German Confederation and the Italian peninsula and finally in 1817 to France under the Bourbon Restoration. In France, the father established a salon, and his wife and daughter converted to Roman Catholicism.
Supposedly, her family could trace their ancestry back to the Mongol aristocracy of Russia's Golden Horde. Her father 'Count Feodor Rostopchin' was lieutenant-general and, later, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia. In 1812, he was governor of Moscow during the invasion of the Grande Armee under Napoleon I of France.
One of her most popular novels was Les Malheurs de Sophie ("Sophie's Misfortunes"), The first book in the Fleurville trilogy.
her full name is Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina
Countess de Segur was a French writer of Russian birth.
Born: 1799, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Death: 1874 at 75
Spouse: Eugène de Ségur
She and her husband had 8 children. Children are one of the main themes in her novels
Novels Written:
Un bon petit diable
Les Malheurs de Sophie
Diloy le chemineau
Mémoires d'un âne
Jean qui grogne et Jean qui rit
Le Mauvais Génie
François le bossu
Les Caprices de Gizelle
Pauvre Blaise
La Fortune de Gaspard
Quel amour d'enfant !
Les Petites Filles modèles
La sœur de Gribouille
Blondine
Après la pluie, le beau temps
The novels of the Countess of Ségur were published from 1857 to 1872- 15 years
Countess de Segur was famous for French Literature
She is best known today for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie ("Sophie's Misfortunes"). The action takes place in a castle in the French countryside during theSecond french Empire
The Countess de Ségur wrote her first novel at the age of 58.
In 1814 the Rostopchine family left Imperial Russia for exile, going first to the Duchy of Warsaw, then to the German Confederation and the Italian peninsula and finally in 1817 to France under the Bourbon Restoration. In France, the father established a salon, and his wife and daughter converted to Roman Catholicism.
Supposedly, her family could trace their ancestry back to the Mongol aristocracy of Russia's Golden Horde. Her father 'Count Feodor Rostopchin' was lieutenant-general and, later, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia. In 1812, he was governor of Moscow during the invasion of the Grande Armee under Napoleon I of France.
One of her most popular novels was Les Malheurs de Sophie ("Sophie's Misfortunes"), The first book in the Fleurville trilogy.
By Charli, Maggie and Mr Davies
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