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Fiction is a potent agent for good--in the hands of the good.

Suzanne Curchod

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Suzanne Curchod
Age: 55 †
Born: 1739
Born: May 6
Died: 1794
Died: May 15
Salonnière
Socialite
Writer
Crassier VD
Louise-Suzanne Necker
Potent
Agent
Agents
Fiction
Hands
Good

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