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Lenclos, Ninon de
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Lenclos, Ninon de (nēnôN` də läNklō`), 1620–1705, French beauty and wit. Her real name was Anne de Lenclos. She numbered among her many lovers and friends such eminent men as the Great Condé, La Rochefoucauld, and Saint-Évremond. She gathered in her Paris salon a circle of wits and literary figures.

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See biography by E. H. Cohen (1970).



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The French courtesan Ninon de Lenclos, although well advanced in years herself, is said to have taken much younger lovers.
This feminist thing. (Society) by Stewart, Jenny / Quadrant
Something tells me she didn't get this from the memoirs of Ninon de Lenclos, so where did she get it?
Misanthrope's Corner by King, Florence / National Review
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