Countess Dash

Gabrielle Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, vicomtesse de Saint-Mars (2 August 1804 – 11 September 1872), pen name Countess Dash, was a prolific French writer.

Gabrielle de Courtiras was a daughter of M. de Courtiras, and early married the Marquis de Saint-Mars. After the loss of her fortune, she took to writing. On her remarking that she wished to write under a pseudonym, that of her favorite dog, “Dash,” was suggested, which she adopted.^[1]

In many years she produced five to six novels. Her themes are mainly from the beau monde era in France and deal with themes of romantic love.

• Le jeu de la reine, her first work (1839)
• Les amours de Bussy-Rabutin (1850)
• La pomme d'Eve (1853)
• La belle aux yeux d'or (1860)
• Les galanteries de la cour de Louis XV (1861)
• La sorcière du roi (1861)
• Le nain du diable (1862)
• Les derniers amours de Mme. Dubarry (1864)
• La bague empoisonnée (1866)
• Comment tombent les femmes (1867)
• Les aventures d'une jeune mariée (1870)

A collection of her works was published in 1864, in 34 volumes.^[1]

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Dash, Countess" . The American Cyclopædia.
• Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Dash, La Comtesse" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
• The Online Books Page