Project Gutenberg 2009-03-20 Public domain in the USA. 138 Saint-Elme, Ida 1778 1845 St-Elme, Ida Jonghe, Elzélina van Aylde Tolstoy van Aylde-Jonghe, Elzélina Aylde Jonghe, Elzélina van Van Aylde Jonghe, Elzélina Jonghe, Elzelina van Aylde Mémoires d'une contemporaine. Tome 1 Souvenirs d'une femme sur les principaux personnages de la République, du Consulat, de l'Empire, etc... Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Eric Vautier and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Mémoires d'une contemporaine. Tome 1" by Ida Saint-Elme is a memoir written in the early 19th century. The book recounts the author's personal experiences and observations of significant historical figures during pivotal events in French history, such as the Republic, the Consulate, and the Empire. The narrative is centered around the life of Ida, who reflects on her journey through a tumultuous period characterized by personal and political upheaval. At the start of the memoir, the author introduces herself and establishes that her life has intertwined with many notable personalities throughout the transformative years in France following the Revolution. She details her origins, including the legacy of her father, the highlights of her upbringing, and the heartbreak stemming from his mortality. Additionally, she unfolds the circumstance of her first encounter with love, her marriage, and the subsequent sharing of political opinions with her husband, which foreshadows the challenges and adventures that will be explored later in her life. The opening chapters set a rich backdrop of personal history against the larger canvas of French society, indicating a blend of intimate storytelling with broader historical commentary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr France -- History -- 1789-1815 DC Text FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Category: Biographies Category: French Literature Category: History - European 516160 2025-08-11T14:19:56.374504 text/html 515981 2025-01-11T18:34:49.266594 text/html 275606 2025-08-11T14:20:04.137477 application/epub+zip 283379 2025-08-11T14:19:59.517473 application/epub+zip 262768 2025-08-11T14:19:58.343531 application/epub+zip 535496 2025-08-11T14:20:08.065443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498944 2025-08-11T14:20:03.387399 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487953 2022-09-13T08:35:42.416575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489256 2025-08-11T14:19:56.008426 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 489272 2021-01-04T21:40:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 476060 2021-01-04T21:40:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20188 2025-08-11T14:20:08.195422 application/rdf+xml 16169 2025-08-11T14:19:58.830450 image/jpeg 3735 2025-08-11T14:19:58.586459 image/jpeg 182918 2021-01-04T21:40:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 181065 2021-01-04T21:40:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 272530 2025-08-11T14:19:56.418436 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia