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Isabelle de Charrire , known as Belle van Zuylen in the Netherlands, ne Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, and Isabelle de Charrire elsewhere, was a Dutch writer of the Enlightenment who lived the latter half of her life in Switzerland. She is now best known for her letters and novels, although she also wrote pamphlets, music and plays. She took a keen interest in the society and politics of her age, and her work around the time of the French Revolution is regarded as being of particular interest.

Isabelle van Tuyll van Serooskerken was born in Castle Zuylen near Utrecht in the Netherlands, to Diederik Jacob van Tuyll van Serooskerken , and Helena Jacoba de Vicq . Her parents were described by the British author James Boswell, student Law in Utrecht and one of her suitors, as one of the most ancient noblemen in the Seven Provinces and an Amsterdam lady, with a great deal of money. Isabelle was the eldest of seven children. In winter they lived in their house in the city of Utrecht.

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