18 Mar 1843
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1843
Page
1
A portrait of the novelist Madame Cotton famed for The Exiles of Siberia. It notes her sensitivity, intellect, and modesty, her dislike of praise, and her rare sociability. Childless, she tutors a friend’s three daughters, balancing education with amusement in life lessons.
A stranger Madame Cottin arrives with companions to a lavish party. Youthful guests mock her drab dress and assume she is a governess while Madame Cottin observes with restrained amusement. The scene exposes class assumptions within the salon.
Madame Cottin, austere in a drab dress and black bonnet, attends a Paris ball with her adopted daughters. Guests praise her kindness, literary genius, and restraint, and mistaken identity yields a rare glimpse of the famed writer among society.
The crowd pardons a perceived snub toward Madame Cottin after her simple dress moves their hearts. The hostess’s daughter begs forgiveness, and Madame Cottin comforts her, stressing true merit may lie beneath plain appearance. A comparison recalls Bonna and Brunoro, notable rustic feats and loyalty to a partner in arms.
A concise quotation contrasts debts of revenge with ordinary debts. Paying other debts aligns us with mankind while refusing a revenge debt sets us apart as superior, attributed to Lacon.
Hue and Horne discuss that devout people appear melancholy. Hume notes melancholy in devout individuals while Horne suggests the sight of him could make a devout man sad, possibly because his friends are not like him.
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