Madeleine de Scudéry

Madeleine de Scudéry (15 November 1607 – 2 June 1701), often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer. She was the younger sister of Georges de Scudéry.

Quotes

• Love is a capricious creature which desires everything and can be contented with almost nothing.
  • Reported in David Newnham, "Love: Books", The Guardian (10 February 2002), online

External links

• Artamenes, or, The Grand Cyrus, translated by F. G., Gent., 5 vols. (London: Printed for H. Moseley and T. Dring, 1653–5)