Sophie Cottin

SOPHIE COTTIN (France, 1770- 1807).
"Oeuvres complètes de Madame Cottin". 5 volumes.
Printer: Rapilly. Paris, 1825.
With period binding and engravings. In good condition.
Measurements: 21 x 13 x 3 cm.
Sophie Cottin was a French writer whose novels achieved great popularity in the 19th century and were translated into several languages.
Born Marie Sophie Ristaud in Tonneins in March 1770, she married Jean-Paul-Marie Cottin, a banker, before the age of twenty. After being widowed at an early age, she devoted herself more intensely to writing, an activity that acquired a central dimension for her.
She is the author of several romantic and historical novels, including Claire d'Albe (1799), Malvina (1801), Amélie de Mansfield (1803), Mathilde (1805), set during the Crusades, and Élisabeth ou les Exilés de Sibérie (1806), a work considered at the time to be a deeply moral and sentimental tale. He also wrote a prose poem entitled La Prise de Jéricho.