ANNE SOPHIE SWETCHINE
\ˈan sˈə͡ʊfi swˈɛt͡ʃa͡ɪn], \ˈan sˈəʊfi swˈɛtʃaɪn], \ˈa_n s_ˈəʊ_f_i s_w_ˈɛ_tʃ_aɪ_n]\
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A Russian society dame and letter-writer; born at Moscow, 1782; died at Paris, Sept. 10, 1857. At St. Petersburg her drawing-room was frequented by scholars and men of science; after 1815 she resided in Paris. She was the friend and correspondent of many of the Catholic notables of France, - Joseph de Maistre, Lacordaire, De Falloux, etc. Her "Life and Works" was published in 2 vols.; and her "Letters" in several volumes.
By Charles Dudley Warner
