Mme Dudevant was granted sole legal rights over the two children and her Paris home was restored to her.
Mme de Stael occupies a singular position in French literature.
Marie Louise Victoire de Donnissan, born at Versailles on the 25th of October 1772, belonged to a court family and was the god-daughter of Mme Victoire, daughter of Louis XV.
The Considerations and the Dix annees d'exil had been published after Mme de Stael's death.
On his death the mother resigned, though not without a struggle, the care of Aurore to her grandmother, Mme.
