Anaïs de Bassanville

Thérèse Anaïs Rigo, better known by her pseudonyms Anaïs de Bassanville and Comtesse de Bassanville, was a 19th-century French writer and women's magazine journalist. She authored numerous works about good manners. She was born in 1802 in Auteuil, Seine (now Paris) and died on 6 November 1884 in the same town.

History
She was the disciple of Henriette Campan. She started writing at the age of 40 under the pseudonym Comtesse de Bassanville (Countess of Bassanville). She founded the Journal des jeunes filles. Moreover, she was the direction of Le moniteur des dames et des demoiselles from 1986 to 1850 and of Le dimanche des familles from 1856 to 1858.

In 1867, she released her book Code du cérémonial : Guide des gens du monde dans toutes les circonstances de la vie that explained the rule of good manners. The book faced negative criticism at first, but became successful and was re-published several times.

Bassanville died in November 1884 in Auteuil, Seine and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (1st division).

Published works

 * Les aventures d'une épingle ou Trois siècles de l'histoire de France, 267 p., Paris, Aubert, 1846
 * La corbeille de fleurs, 1848
 * Les mémoires d'une jeune fille, 1849
 * Le monde tel qu'il est, 1853
 * Les primeurs de la vie, 1854
 * Délassements de l'enfance, 1856
 * Les épis d'une glaneuse, 1858
 * les Deux familles, 1859
 * Les salons d'autrefois, souvenirs intimes, 4 vol. in-18, Paris, P. Brunet, 1861-1863
 * De l'éducation des femmes, 1861
 * Les Contes du bonhomme jadis, 1861
 * L'entrée dans le monde, 1862
 * Les Secrets d'une jeune fille, 1863
 * Les Ouvriers illustres, 1863
 * Code du cérémonial : Guide des gens du monde dans toutes les circonstances de la vie,
 * Beauté et bonté ; La Folle du logis, 126 p., Paris, A. Hatier, 1902