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Search on narrative elements that can have a part in women's texts. Such elements, called "narrative topoi", are indicated with a code which was developed by SATOR (Société pour l'Analyse de la Topique Romanesque; see www.sator.org. At the moment, these codes are only available in French.
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Receptions
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Found 614 records
Author of work | Work | Publish year | Receiver | Gender | Reception type | Year | Country | ||
1 | Brooke, Frances | History of Emily Montague | 1769 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
2 | Brooke, Frances | History of Lady Julia Mandeville | 1763 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
3 | Brooke, Frances | The Excursion | 1777 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
4 | Brooke, Frances | All's right at last; or, the history of Miss West | 1774 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1792 | Netherlands | |
5 | Brooke, Frances | History of Emily Montague | 1769 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
6 | Brooke, Frances | Old Maid | 1755 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
7 | Brooke, Frances | History of Emily Montague | 1769 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
8 | Brooke, Frances | History of Emily Montague | 1769 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
9 | Brooke, Frances | All's right at last; or, the history of Miss West | 1774 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
10 | Brooke, Frances | History of Lady Julia Mandeville | 1763 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
11 | Brooke, Frances | All's right at last; or, the history of Miss West | 1774 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
12 | Burney, Fanny | Evelina; or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world | 1778 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
13 | Burney, Fanny | Evelina; or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world | 1778 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
14 | Burney, Fanny | Evelina; or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world | 1778 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
15 | Burney, Fanny | Evelina; or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world | 1778 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
16 | Burney, Fanny | Evelina; or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world | 1778 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
17 | Burney, Fanny | Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an heiress | 1782 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
18 | Burney, Fanny | Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an heiress | 1782 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
19 | Burney, Fanny | Evelina; or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world | 1778 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
20 | Burney, Fanny | Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an heiress | 1782 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
21 | Burney, Fanny | Camilla; or, A picture of youth | 1796 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
22 | Burney, Fanny | Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an heiress | 1782 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
23 | Burney, Sarah Harriet | Clarentine, a novel | 1796 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
24 | Caylus, Marthe-Marguerite, Comtesse de | Mes souvenirs [de la Marquise de Caylus] | 1770 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
25 | Centlivre, Susanna | *Centlivre, Susanna, the author | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1777 | Netherlands | ||
26 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Le Noble, conte moral | 1762 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
27 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Lettres écrites de Lausanne | 1785 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
28 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Le Noble, conte moral | 1762 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
29 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Lettres Neuchâteloises | 1784 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
30 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Lettres écrites de Lausanne | 1785 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
31 | Cochois, Mademoiselle de | Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'Esprit et du Coeur | 1744 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1751 | Netherlands | |
32 | Cochois, Mademoiselle de | Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'Esprit et du Coeur | 1744 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
33 | Craven, Elizabeth Berkely, Lady &&& | A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople in a series of letters from the Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Craven to His Serene Highness the Margrave of Brandebourg, Anspach, and Bareith : written in the year MDCCLXXXVI | 1789 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
34 | Craven, Elizabeth Berkely, Lady &&& | A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople in a series of letters from the Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Craven to His Serene Highness the Margrave of Brandebourg, Anspach, and Bareith : written in the year MDCCLXXXVI | 1789 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
35 | Craven, Elizabeth Berkely, Lady &&& | A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople in a series of letters from the Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Craven to His Serene Highness the Margrave of Brandebourg, Anspach, and Bareith : written in the year MDCCLXXXVI | 1789 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
36 | Dacier, Anne | Plutarque | 1700 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1777 | Netherlands | |
37 | Dalibar, Françoise-Thérèse Aumerle de St.Phalier | Le Porte-Feuille rendu, ou Lettres historiques | 1749 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
38 | Dalibar, Françoise-Thérèse Aumerle de St.Phalier | Le Porte-Feuille rendu, ou Lettres historiques | 1749 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
39 | Daubenton, Marguerite | Zélie dans le désert | 1787 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
40 | Daubenton, Marguerite | Zélie dans le désert | 1787 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
41 | Daubenton, Marguerite | Zélie dans le désert | 1787 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
42 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | Poésies [de Mme Deshoulières] | 1688 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1762 | Netherlands | |
43 | Dunoyer, Anne-Marguerite | Lettres historiques et galantes | 1704 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
44 | Dunoyer, Anne-Marguerite | Lettres historiques et galantes | 1704 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
45 | Dunoyer, Anne-Marguerite | Lettres historiques et galantes | 1704 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
46 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | La Comtesse de Mortane | 1699 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
47 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | Les petits soupers de l'été de l'année 1699, ou avantures galantes, avec l'origine des fées | 1702 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
48 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | Les belles Grecques, ou l'Histoire des plus fameuses courtisanes de la Grèce | 1712 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
49 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | La Comtesse de Mortane | 1699 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
50 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | Les petits soupers de l'été de l'année 1699, ou avantures galantes, avec l'origine des fées | 1702 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
51 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | Les belles Grecques, ou l'Histoire des plus fameuses courtisanes de la Grèce | 1712 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
52 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
53 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
54 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
55 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
56 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
57 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
58 | Eon de Beaumont, Charles-Geneviève-Louise-André d' | Vie de la Chevalière D'Eon | 1779 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
59 | Eon de Beaumont, Charles-Geneviève-Louise-André d' | Les loisirs du chevalier d'Eon | 1774 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
60 | Eon de Beaumont, Charles-Geneviève-Louise-André d' | Lettres, mémoires et négociations particulières du Chevalier d'Eon | 1761 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
61 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
62 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
63 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
64 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
65 | Fauque, Marianne-Agnès Pillement de | Le triomphe de l'amitié, ouvrage traduit du grec par mademoiselle de **. | 1751 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
66 | Fauque, Marianne-Agnès Pillement de | Dialogues moraux et amusants, en anglais et français, pour l'instruction de la jeunesse, par Madame Fauques de Vaucluse. [Moral and entertaining dialogues.] | 1777 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
67 | Fielding, Sarah | The Governess, or the little female academy | 1749 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1751 | Netherlands | |
68 | Fielding, Sarah | The adventures of David Simple | 1744 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
69 | Fielding, Sarah | The adventures of David Simple | 1744 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
70 | Fielding, Sarah | The History of the Countess of Dellwyn | 1759 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
71 | Fielding, Sarah | The adventures of David Simple | 1744 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
72 | Fielding, Sarah | The adventures of David Simple | 1744 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1751 | Netherlands | |
73 | Fielding, Sarah | The adventures of David Simple | 1744 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1762 | Netherlands | |
74 | Fielding, Sarah | The adventures of David Simple | 1744 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1798 | Netherlands | |
75 | Fontettes de Sommery, Mademoiselle | L' Oreille, conte asiatique | 1789 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
76 | Fontettes de Sommery, Mademoiselle | Lettres de Madame la Comtesse de L*** au Comte de R*** | 1785 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
77 | Foucquet, Marie de Maupeou, Dame | Remèdes faciles et domestiques | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1762 | Netherlands | ||
78 | Fumelh, Madame de | Miss Anysie, ou le Triomphe des moeurs et des vertus | 1788 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
79 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Adèle et Théodore, ou Lettres sur l'éducation | 1782 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
80 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Précis de la conduite de Mme de G. depuis la Revolution, suivi d'une lettre à M. de Chartres .. | 1796 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
81 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Oeuvres complètes de Madame de Genlis | 1783 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1791 | Netherlands | |
82 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Annales de la vertu, ou Cours d'histoire à l'usage des jeunes personnes | 1781 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
83 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Adèle et Théodore, ou Lettres sur l'éducation | 1782 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
84 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Théâtre à l'usage des jeunes personnes | 1779 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
85 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Adèle et Théodore, ou Lettres sur l'éducation | 1782 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1792 | Netherlands | |
86 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Les veillées du château ou Cours de morale à l'usage des enfans | 1782 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
87 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Les veillées du château ou Cours de morale à l'usage des enfans | 1782 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
88 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Théâtre de société | 1781 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
89 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Théâtre à l'usage des jeunes personnes | 1779 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
90 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Oeuvres complètes de Madame de Genlis | 1783 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
91 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Leçon d'une gouvernante à ses élèves ou fragments d'un journal | 1791 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
92 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Les veillées du château ou Cours de morale à l'usage des enfans | 1782 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
93 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Théâtre à l'usage des jeunes personnes | 1779 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
94 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Les chevaliers du cygne | 1795 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
95 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Oeuvres complètes de Madame de Genlis | 1783 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1797 | Netherlands | |
96 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Théâtre de société | 1781 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
97 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Les veillées du château ou Cours de morale à l'usage des enfans | 1782 | ~~owner of commercial library (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1800 | Netherlands | |
98 | Gillot de Beaucour, Louise Geneviève Gomez de Vasconcelles, dame | Poésies de Madame Gillot de Beaucourt | 1714 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1751 | Netherlands | |
99 | Gomez, Madeleine-Angélique de | La belle assemblée | 1734 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Library catalogue (public) | 1785 | Netherlands | |
100 | Gomez, Madeleine-Angélique de | Les anecdotes persanes | 1727 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Library catalogue (public) | 1751 | Netherlands |