Élisabeth Guibert (31 March 1725, Versailles - 1788) was an 18th-century French woman writer. Elisabeth Guibert is the author of several plays dealing with conventional subjects or inspired by classical themes. In addition to her theatre, she also published many poems extolling the virtues of a simple life and lamenting the infidelity in the ''

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'' 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769. Élisabeth Guibert benefited a pension from

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wrote that her works were "remarkuable for their ease and wit."

Works

*1768: ''Le Sommeil d’Amynthe'', Paris, Veuve Duchesne *1768: ''Les Filles à marier, one-act comedy in verse'', Paris, Veuve Duchesne *1775: ''Les Philéniens ou le patriotisme'', Paris, Lesclapart *1770: ''Pensées détachées'', s.l.

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] *1764: ''Poésies et œuvres diverses'', s.l. [Paris], (this work includes ''La Coquette corrigée, tragédie contre les femmes'', ''Le Rendez-vous'', comedy in one act and in verse, ''Les Triumvirs'', tragedy presented 5 June 1764,

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, etc.)

Sources

* Nicolas-Toussaint Des Essarts, ''Les Siècles littéraires de la France ou Nouveau dictionnaire, historique, critique, et bibliographique, de tous les écrivains français, morts et vivans, jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe'', Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1803, (p. 369–370) * Ferdinand Hoefer, ''Nouvelle Biographie générale'', t. XXII, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1862, (p. 1015—6) *

Joseph-Marie Quérard Joseph Marie Quérard (25 December 1797 – 3 December 1865) was a French bibliographer. He was born at Rennes, where he was apprenticed to a bookseller. Sent abroad on business, he remained in Vienna from 1819 to 1824, where he drew up the fi ...

, ''La France littéraire, ou Dictionnaire bibliographique des savants, historiens et gens de lettres'', Paris Firmin Didot, 1829, (p. 522) {{DEFAULTSORT:Guibert, Elisabeth 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights French women dramatists and playwrights Writers from Versailles 1725 births 1788 deaths 18th-century French women writers 18th-century French poets French women poets