Excerpt from The Tragic Heroines of Pierre Corneille: A Study in French Literature of the Seventeenth Century; A Dissertation Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Strassburg for the Purpose of Obtaining the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The influence of the hotel Rambouillet lasted unimpaired from 1620 to 1645, when the marriage and departure Of the beautiful Julie d'angennes, daughter Of the Marquise de Ram bouillet announced that' the famous salon was nearing its end. The final dissolution was caused in 1648 by the death of Voiture, one Of the most elegant conversationists of the Blue Chamber, and by the termination Of the war Of the Fronde, which dispersed many Of the most important members of that brilliant society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.