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Philippe Sellier, a literature professor at Paris IV university, added that Madame de La Fayette, along with the aristocratic writers Madame de Sévigné and Mademoiselle de �����ܻ�é����, formed what he called a “feminine avant-garde”.

The map, published in 1654 in the first part of Madeleine de Scudery's novel "Clelie", featured on a skirt and dress.