A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Gay, Sophie
GAY, SOPHIE,
Was born in Paris, where she now resides. She is a writer of considerable talent and great industry, and has long been a favourite with French novel readers. None of her works have been translated into English, nor are the French editions often met with in America. Her style is pleasing; she describes a drawing-room circle with liveliness; her dialogues are natural and appropriate, and she sometimes rises to the pathetic. "Anatole" is, perhaps, her most finished production. "La Duchess de Chateroux," "Marie Louise d'Orleans," "Salons Celebres," "Souveniers d'une Vielle Femme," have all enjoyed a very favourable reputation. But greater interest has attached to the name of Madame Sophia Gay from her motherhood than her authorship. Her celebrated daughter, Delphine, now Madame Emile Girardin, is the living page which enlarges as well as reflects the genius of Sophie Gay.