Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, French businesswoman and author (died 1776)

Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse

French salon-holder, writer (1732–1779)

Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse was a French salon holder and letter writer. She held a prominent salon in Paris during the Enlightenment. She is best-known today, however, for her letters, first published in 1809, which offer compelling accounts of two tragic love affairs.