Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman

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"Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman" is a biographical work by Stefan Zweig that offers a psychologically rich and narrative-driven portrait of the French queen from her youth to her execution during the Revolution.

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instanceOf biographical book
literary biography
non-fiction book
author Stefan Zweig
countryOfOrigin Austria
depicts court life at Versailles
political tensions leading to the French Revolution
trial and execution of Marie Antoinette
focusesOnEvent French Revolution
execution of Marie Antoinette in 1793
flight to Varennes
storming of the Tuileries Palace
genre biography
historical biography
hasPerspective critical of absolutist monarchy
focus on psychological motivations
sympathetic view of Marie Antoinette
historicalContext Ancien Régime in France
linked to: Ancien Régime

fall of the French monarchy
literaryStyle narrative-driven
psychologically oriented
mainSubject French Revolution
Marie Antoinette
narrativeFocus life of Marie Antoinette from youth to execution
psychological portrait of Marie Antoinette
notableFor literary narrative style in non-fiction
psychological depth in historical biography
originalLanguage German
partOfAuthorOeuvre Stefan Zweig's series of historical biographies
portrays Marie Antoinette as a human and fallible figure
personal development of Marie Antoinette
relatedWorkByAuthor Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles
The World of Yesterday
Triumph and Tragedy of Erasmus of Rotterdam
settingLocation France
Paris
Versailles
subjectDynasty House of Bourbon (by marriage)
linked to: House of Bourbon

House of Habsburg-Lorraine
subjectOccupation Queen of France
subjectSpouse Louis XVI of France
theme clash between individual and history
fate and character
public image versus private reality
responsibility and guilt
tragedy of monarchy in crisis
timePeriodCovered 18th century France
French Revolution

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writings of Stefan Zweig notableWork Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman
Stefan Zweig notableWork Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman