Scudéry

American  

[sky-dey-ree] / skü deɪˈri /

noun

1. Magdeleine de 1607–1701, French novelist.

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Example Sentences

Philippe Sellier, a literature professor at Paris IV university, added that Madame de La Fayette, along with the aristocratic writers Madame de Sévigné and Mademoiselle de Scudéry, formed what he called a “feminine avant-garde”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2017

"Alaric" was named with praise by Dryden; Scudéry and La Calprenède continued to be most popular French authors during the century.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

The Scudéry books are infinitely duller, and the Richardson ones much less varied.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

But the "Heroics," especially Mlle. de Scudéry, modernise the treatment not inconsiderably.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

Even Mme. de Scudéry, one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the period, gave her first novel to the world under her brother's name.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine