Mme Le Prince de Beaumont

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Mme Le Prince de Beaumont

French author

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children’s literature
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Mme Le Prince de Beaumont, an adventurous 18th-century lady who wrote over 70 volumes for the young, thought that children’s stories should be pervaded by “the spirit of geometry.” It is possible that the blame for France’s showing might in part be laid on a…
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Mme Le Prince de Beaumont, an adventurous 18th-century lady who wrote over 70 volumes for the young, thought that children’s stories should be pervaded by “the spirit of geometry.” It is possible that the blame for France’s showing might in part be laid on a…
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