**Isabelle de Charrière **, nèe Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken (1740-1805) wrote novels, essays, plays, and operas- both music and libretti.Caroline Warman is a lecturer in French at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Jesus College. This collection developed after she tra...

**Isabelle de Charrière **, nèe Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken (1740-1805) wrote novels, essays, plays, and operas- both music and libretti.Caroline Warman is a lecturer in French at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Jesus College. This collection developed after she translated "Letters from Neuchâtel," one of the stories included here, as a birthday present for her aunt.