Marguerite de Lubert or Marie-Madeleine de Lubert (17 December 1702, Paris – 20 August 1785, Argentan) was a French woman of letters.

Life

Marie-Madeleine, sometimes called Marguerite de Lubert, whose life is little known, is the author of wonderful folk tales. She was the daughter of Louis de Lubert, president of the Third Chamber of the Inquiry of Parliament, amateur musician (violin) and founder on 10 January 1722 of one of the first amateur orchestras in Paris, the Academy of Mellophiletes. She corresponded with

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, and sent him a play of verses in 1732.

Works

* ''Tecserion'', 1737 or, in 1743, ''Sec et noir, ou la Princesse des fleurs et le prince des autruches, conte, avec un Discours préliminaire, qui contient l'apologie des contes de fées'' ("Dry and Black, or the Flower Princess and the Ostrich Prince") * ''La Princesse Camion'' ("Princess Camion"), 1743 , * ''Le Prince Glacé et la princesse Étincelante'' ("Prince Frozen and Princess Sparkling"), 1743 * ''La Princesse Couleur de rose et le prince Céladon', 1743 * ''La Princesse Lionnette et le prince Coquerico'', 1743 * ''La Princesse Sensible et le prince Typhon'', 1743 * ''La Princesse Coque d'Oeuf et le prince Bonbon'' ("Princess Eggshell and Prince Bonbon"), 1743 * ''La Veillée galante'', 1747 ("The Galant Gathering"), with a fairy tale inserted: ''Le Petit Chien Blanc'' ("The Little White Dog") * ''Amadis de Gaules'', 4 vol., 1750 * ''Blancherose,'' 1751 * ''Mourat et Turquia, histoire africaine'', 1752 * ''Le Château des lutins de Kernosy'', 1753, with two fairy tales inserted: ''Étoilette'' (" Starlight") and ''Peau d'Ourse'' ("

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"),''The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales''. Edited by Jack Zipes. Oxford University Press. 2015. p. 368. * * ''La Tyrannie des fées détruite'', 1756 (re-edition) * ''Histoire secrète du prince Croqu'étron et de la princesse Foirette'', v. 1790 Recent collections * Aurélie Zygel-Basso (ed) ''Contes'' Paris: H. Champion ; Genève : Diffusion, Slatkine, 2005 ,

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''Tecserion''
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