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Caliste; ou lettres écrites de Lausanne

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  • Isabelle de Charrière, detail of an oil painting by Jens Juel; in Kasteel Zuylen, The Netherlands
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    …which the most important were Caliste; ou, lettres écrites de Lausanne (1786; “Caliste; or, Letters Written from Lausanne”) and Lettres neuchâteloises (1784; “Letters of Neuchâtel”), abound in philosophical reflection, refined psychological observation, and local colour.

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