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Who was Delphine Gay in Alfred de Vigny’s early life?
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Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
In the context of Alfred de Vigny’s early life, Delphine Gay was a writer known as the "muse of the country" due to her beauty and literary talents. She and Vigny formed a striking couple prior to his marriage to Lydia Bunbury in February 1825.1