Correspondance littéraire

Published in 1812 as Correspondance littéraire, it shows sound critical taste and is an invaluable social document, containing information about every aspect of the age. Grimm’s carefully nurtured social standing and prosperity were swept away in the French Revolution. Financially ruined and embittered, supported only by a pension from…

…the privileged correspondents of the Correspondance littéraire, a sort of private newspaper edited by Baron Grimm that was circulated in manuscript form. The posthumous publication of these manuscripts, among which are several bold and original works in the sciences, philosophy, and literature, have made Diderot more highly appreciated in the…