Background
Ancelot was born to a parliamentary family in Dijon, and was married to playwright Jacques-François Ancelot.
painter playwright writer salon-holder
Ancelot was born to a parliamentary family in Dijon, and was married to playwright Jacques-François Ancelot.
From 1824 to 1866 Ancelot hosted a literary salon on Paris"s rue de Seine. Her plays were collected in four volumes and published as Theâtre complet in 1848. She published two memoirs: Les Salons de Paris, foyers éteints (1858) and Un salon de Paris 1824-1864 (1866).
Her most important novels include Georgine (1855), Une route sans issue (1857), and Un nœud de ruban (1858).