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Juliette Adam
1836–1936
A vivid voice in French literary and political life, this novelist, memoirist, and salon host used her writing to argue for women’s rights and republican ideals. Her long life stretched from the age of Balzac almost to the Second World War, giving her work an unusual sweep and firsthand sense of history.
3 Audiobooks
The Schemes of the Kaiser
by Juliette Adam
The romance of my childhood and youth
by Juliette Adam
Le roman de mon enfance et de ma jeunesse
by Juliette Adam
About the author
Born Juliette Lambert in Verberie, France, in 1836, she became known as Juliette Adam after her second marriage. She was a novelist, essayist, memoirist, and an energetic feminist who challenged the limits placed on women in 19th-century French society.
She was also a major cultural presence in Paris. Her salon brought together writers and political figures, and in 1879 she founded La Nouvelle Revue, an influential journal that gave her a public platform for literary and political debate. Her work often blended personal experience with sharp commentary on the events and ideas of her time.
Adam lived to be nearly 100, dying in 1936, and left behind a large body of fiction, memoir, and political writing. Today she is remembered not only for her books, but for the way she helped shape the intellectual life of republican France.