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Henriette Campan (1797–1824) : from the history of a text to the meaning of a life The history of the autobiographical writings of Henriette Campan, chambermaid of Marie Antoinette and a famous educatress of the First French Empire, reflect the history of her life, which was marked by a double historical rupture. After her death, her editors – disrespectful of the last will of the defunct – transformed the documents left to them to inscribe those into a perspective of the Memories on the French Revolution they were working on. Hence, by giving a fake unity to a life placed under the sign of multiple fractures, they did not hesitate to spoil the spirit of the work of the writer.