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1、更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgAFAIRPENITENTAFAIRPENITENTbyWILKIECOLLINS1更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgAFAIRPENITENTCharlesPineauDucloswasaFrenchwriterofbiographiesandnovels,wholivedandworkedduringthefirsthalfoftheeighteenthcentury.Heprosperedsufficientlywell,asaliteraryman,tobemadesecretar
2、ytotheFrenchAcademy,andtobeallowedtosucceedVoltaireintheofficeofhistoriographerofFrance.Hehasleftbehindhim,inhisowncountry,thereputationofalivelywriterofthesecondclass,whoaddressedthepublicofhisdaywithfairsuccess,andwho,sincehisdeath,hasnottroubledposteritytotakeanypa
3、rticularnoticeofhim.AmongthepapersleftbyDuclos,twomanuscriptswerefound,whichheprobablyintendedtoturntosomeliteraryaccount.ThefirstwasabriefMemoir,writtenbyhimself,ofaFrenchwoman,namedMademoiselleGautier,whobeganlifeasanactressandwhoendeditasaCarmelitenun.Thesecondmanu
4、scriptwasthelady'sownaccountoftheprocessofherconversion,andofthecircumstanceswhichattendedhermoralpassagefromthestateofasinnertothestateofasaint.TherearecertainnationalpeculiaritiesinthecharacterofMademoiselleGautierandinthenarrativeofherconversion,whichareperhapsinte
5、restingenoughtobereproducedwithsomechanceofpleasingthepresentday.Itappears,fromtheaccountgivenofherbyDuclos,thatMademoiselleGautiermadeherappearanceonthestageoftheTheatreFrancoisintheyearseventeenhundredandsixteen.Sheisdescribedasahandsomewoman,withafinefigure,afreshc
6、omplexion,alivelydisposition,andaviolenttemper.Besidespossessingcapacityasanactress,shecouldwriteverygoodverses,shewascleveratpaintinginminiature,and,mostremarkablequalityofall,shewaspossessedofprodigiousmuscularstrength.ItisrecordedofMademoiselle,thatshecouldrollupas
7、ilverplatewithherhands,andthatshecoveredherselfwithdistinctioninatrialofstrengthwithnolessapersonthanthefamoussoldier,MarshalSaxe.NobodywhoisatallacquaintedwiththesocialhistoryoftheeighteenthcenturyinFrance,needbetoldthatMademoiselleGautierhadalonglistoflovers,--forth
8、emostpart,personsofquality,marshals,2更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgAFAIRPENITENTcounts,andsoforth.Theonlyman,however,whoreallyattachedh
