Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline Guizot

Pauline de Meulan (2 November 1773 – 1 August 1827) was a French writer and journalist, known especially for her work on education and her liberal position in the aftermath of the French Revolution. French literary critic Sainte-Beuve described her as the best and most important moralist since Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Biography Pauline de Meulan was the daughter of Count Charles de Meulan, an advisor to the King and collector-general of Paris, later of Marguerite de Saint-Chamans. in 1812. The couple seemed strange since she was 14 years older than François and both had very different characters, as stated by Gabriel de Broglie in the following table taken from his book Guizot: François Guizot Pauline de Meulan Provincial, born in a petty bourgeois family, without fortune Born in a noble and wealthy family of the Old Regime. Brought up in a brilliant society Protestant, rigorous Catholic, tolerant Solitary and withdrawn Enjoys theater and society Bookish and serious Spiritual, spicy, cultivates the art of paradox Reads religious and philosophy books Is fond of Racine Dogmatic, theoretician, has plenty metaphysical certainties Observant, pragmatic, without great convictions The couple worked together on several major projects, including a journal on education called Les Annales de l'Éducation. The journal ran six editions from 1811 until 1814. She also assisted in editing and writing Abailard et Héloise: essai historique with her husband.

Pauline Guizot died in 1827 of tuberculosis. Before her death, she arranged for her husband's second marriage to her niece, Élisa Dillon.

Works Les Contradictions, ou ce qui peut arriver (1799) La Chapelle d’Ayton, ou Emma Courtenay (1799) Essais de littérature et de morale (1802) Écolier, ou Raoul et Victor (1821) Lettres de famille sur l'éducation (1826) Une famille (1828) Conseils de morale, ou Essais sur l'homme, la société, la littérature (1828)