Françoise-Albine Benoist

Françoise-Albine Benoist (1724 – 1808 or 1809) was a French novelist, playwright and essayist born in Lyon.

In April 1754 she married painter and draughtsman Jean-Marie Benoist.

According to Manon Roland, Benoist may have been a model for the heroine of Charles-Albert Demoustier's Lettres à Emilie.

[1] Her most famous work is Les Aveux d'une jolie femme.

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