Benjamin Constant

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affair with John Rocca 195–6;
after BC’s marriage to Charlotte 186;
and Anna Lindsay 156, 158, 159–61, 171;
Anne de Nassau intercedes with 189–90;
background 135;
banned from France by Directory 145;
BC accompanies to Germany 167;
BC accompanies to Paris (1795) 139–40;
BC can’t decide to leave 175;
BC compares with Charlotte 179;
BC contemplates proposing to (1805) 174;
BC falls in love with 137–9;
BC makes provision for in his will 192, 198;
BC misses 202, 203;
BC returns to stay with (1805) 175;
BC writes memorial to 224;
BC writes to Anne de Nassau about 149–50;
and BC’s autobiographical novel 180–1
on BC’s De l’esprit de conquête 208;
and BC’s marriage to Charlotte 180, 183, 186, 188–90;
BC’s memorial to 224, 245;
on BC’s ‘oddity’ 58;
and BC’s suicide attempt 23;
becomes BC’s lover 142–3;
becomes pregnant 146;
biography of 177;
birth of daughter (1797) 147;
breaks terms of exile from Paris (1807) 182;
in Cécile 192;
character 135;
cooling of relationship with BC 149–50, 156, 158, 165, 166;
coolness towards BC 207–9;
Coppet circle 164, 186, 190, 280n, 289n;
correspondence with A. Necker de Saussure 167–8;
correspondence with BC 198, 204, 207–8, 214;
death 224;
and death of father 170, 286n;
demands conjugal rights from BC 184;
demands money from BC 213;
denounces BC’s support for Napoleon 214;
descendants 5;
dominating character 171;
effect of her death on BC 224;
falls in love with BC 145–6;
falls in love with Prosper de Barante 175, 176–7;
flees Paris (1815) 213;


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