Marie de L'Épinay

Marie de L'Épinay, real name Ève Olivia Angela Josépha de Bradi, baronne de Bruchez (Rebréchien, 1802 – Paris, 30 January 1864) was a French femme de lettres.

Biography The daughter of Agathe-Pauline Caylac de Caylan who held a literary salon and was a contributor to the Journal des dames et des modes from 1818, Marie L'Épinay was often invited by the Duchess of Berry to the court balls.

Her husband, the Swiss officer Stephen Bruchez of Épinay, preferred she took care of their children, rather than writing. Yet, she published numerous verses, stories, novels of manners, plays and newspaper articles, including in 1835, several for the Journal des Femmes.

She also wrote the music for a few romances and in 1836, she worked at Biographie des femmes auteurs contemporaines. Famous under her name as well as under the pseudonyms Ève de Bruchez or Ève de Bradi (sometimes Brady), she owned and was chief editor of the Journal des dames et des modes (5 July 1836 – 19 January 1839).

From 1839, she was responsible for the importante chronique de mode of other magazines for women such as La Sylphide (January 1840 – 1847) and Paris Élégant (1845), as well as the chronique littéraire of the La Corbeille de Mariage (1847–1848) and the Journal des Jeunes Personnes. In 1846 she also wrote for L’Écho français.

Works

1836: Deux Souvenirs, Olivier 1837: Deux Études 1838: Les Femmes célèbres 1844: Rosette, 2 vols., Magen 1844: Aimer et mourir, feuilleton 1844: L'École d'un fat, comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Armand-Numa Jautard 1845: Berthilde, 2 vols., Magen 1846: La femme du diable, feuilleton 1846: Les Trois Grâces, Paris 1847: Les Beautés de l'âme, Janet 1850: Les quatre fils Aymon, de Vigny 1850: Sœur Agathe, de Vigny 1852: Blanche, de Vigny 1852: La cave aux diamants, de Vigny 1860: Clara de Noirmont, Leclercq 1864: Les Contes de nuit, Dentu undated: Cours de morale