Virginie Ancelot

Lithograph of Virginie Ancelot by Marie-Alexandre Alophe

Marguerite-Louise Virginie Chardon Ancelot (1792–1875) was a French painter, writer and playwright.^[1][2] Ancelot was born to a parliamentary family in Dijon, and was married to playwright Jacques-François Ancelot.^[2] From 1824 to 1866 Ancelot hosted a literary salon on Paris's rue de Seine.^[2]

Her plays were collected in four volumes and published as Theâtre complet in 1848.^[1] She published two memoirs: Les Salons de Paris, foyers éteints (1858) and Un salon de Paris 1824-64 (1866).^[1] Her most important novels include Georgine (1855), Une route sans issue (1857), and Un nœud de ruban (1858).^[1]

References

1. Finch, Alison (2000). Women's Writing in Nineteenth-Century France. Cambridge University Press. p. 249. ISBN 9780521631860.
2. Kale, Steven (2005). French Salons: High Society and Political Sociability from the Old Regime to the Revolution of 1848. JHU Press. p. 231. ISBN 9780801883866.