Abstract: Can the three works of Madame de Genlis published in 1811 by Maradan (De l’Influence des femmes sur la littérature française. . ., followed by Observations critiques pour servir à l’histoire de la littérature duXIXesiècle, and finally the Examen critique de l’ouvrage intitulé Biographie universelle. . .) be considered a feminine literary history on account of their critical approach, their demands, and their denunciations?