Sophie d'Houdetot 1730 – 1813. French noblewoman with whom Jean Jacques Rousseau fell in love

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Elisabeth Françoise Sophie Lalive de Bellegarde, Comtesse d'Houdetot 1730 – 1813). Sophie d'Houdetot. French noblewoman with whom Jean Jacques Rousseau fell in love. Here she is dressed as a man, as described in Book 9 of his Confessions. From Les Maitres de la Sensibilite Francaise Au XVIII Siecle.

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