Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez

Madeleine-Angelique was born in Paris on 22 November 1684 to the actor Paul Poisson.

[1] Madeleine-Angélique married a Spanish nobleman, Don Gabriel de Gomez, thinking he was rich.

When she discovered her husband was burdened with debt, she turned to writing as a hope to escape poverty.

Her first a tragedy, Habis, was released in 1714 to much critical appeal, being played at the Comédie-Française with a revival in 1732.

[2][1] Between 1722 and 1772, Gomez published eight editions of Les Journées amusantes, with the work being translated into English by Eliza Haywood.