Comtesse de Ségur (1799–1874)
Author of Sophie's Misfortunes
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Works by Comtesse de Ségur
Contes de la Comtesse de Ségur : Histoire de Blondine Bonne Biche et Beau Minon / Le Bon petit Henri (1967) 3 copies
A irmã do inocente 2 copies
La Cabane Enchantee 2 copies
A irmá do Simplìcio 1 copy
Evangelho de Uma Avó 1 copy
O Mau Conselheiro 1 copy
Abuelita enseña el Evangelio 1 copy
The Four Little Girls 1 copy
Ofero 1 copy
Cuentos de hadas 1 copy
O Pequeno Henrique 1 copy
Meninas Exemplares, As 1 copy
Histoire d'Abraham 1 copy
Les malheurs de Sophie: Les Petites Filles modèles - Les Vacances - Mémoires d'un âne - Un bon petit diable - Le… (1999) 1 copy
L'île au trésor 1 copy
Contos de Fadas 1 copy
Atos dos Apóstolos 1 copy
A história de Israel 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Comtesse de Ségur
- Legal name
- Comtesse de Ségur, Sophie Rostopchine
- Other names
- Rostopchina, Countess Sofiya Feodorovna
- Birthdate
- 1799-08-01
- Date of death
- 1874-02-09
- Burial location
- Pluneret, Morbihan, France
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- St Petersburg, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Places of residence
- St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Paris, France
Château des Nouettes, L'Aigle, France
Moscow, Russian Empire - Occupations
- writer of fairy tales
novelist
fairy tale writer
children's book author - Relationships
- Ségur, Pierre de (grandson)
Ségur, Louis-Gaston de (son)
Ségur, Louis Philippe de (grandfather-in-law)
Ségur, Anatole de (son) - Short biography
- Sophie, Comtesse de Ségur, was born Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina in Saint Petersburg, Russia to an ancient noble family. Her father Count Fyodor Rostopchin was lieutenant-general and later Minister of Foreign Affairs for Tsar Paul I. Her mother Catherine Protassova had been a maid of honor to Empress Catherine the Great. Sophie received a typical education for children of the Russian aristocracy and became fluent in five languages. In 1814, the family left Russia, going first to Warsaw, then to the German Confederation, the Italian peninsula, and finally settled in Paris, France in 1817. Sophie's father established a salon, and his wife and daughter converted to Roman Catholicism from Russian Orthodoxy.
In 1819, Sophie was married to Eugène, Comte de Ségur. The marriage was largely unhappy although the couple had eight children together. The Comtesse began to devote herself to literature, writing down fairy tales she told her grandchildren into a collection called Les Nouveaux Contes de fées, published in 1855. She wrote her first novel at age 58, Les malheurs de Sophie (Sophie's Misfortunes), published in 1859 and still popular among French children. It became the first in the "Fleurville trilogy" that also included Les petite filles models (The Good Little Girls) and Les vacances (The Holidays). She subsequently published another 15 educational or moralizing novels until 1872. They were collected in 1990 under the title Œuvres de la comtesse de Ségur.
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- Works
- 90
- Members
- 1,912
- Popularity
- #13,459
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 28
- ISBNs
- 463
- Languages
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While I occasionally enjoy a book about a child who is mischievous, they ONLY sometimes are naughty, NOT every page. However, it's a short book that occasionally can create a chuckle, the main character is Sophie, Sophie is a naughty girl living in 19th century France. Sophie at 4 years old already is quite a mischief-maker, the book contains many of the antics of this young girl.
Multiple animal deaths were written in this less than 300-page novel which is startling, to say the least, there were multiple, however, I can get that this was common in the era this was written (the 1800s)
However, Sophie's mother needs to teach her how to care for an animal, not keep replacing them.
It's a little old fashioned but that doesn't ruin the book.
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