Among French women writers, Mme. de Genlis was one of the more popular with Romantic-era British women writers. Her didactic fiction and educational works included Adèle et Théodore (1782), which features the characters Cecile, the Duchesse de C***, and M. and Mad. Lagaraye. Les Veillées du Chateau (1784) was translated into English as Tales of the Castle; or, Stories of Instruction and Delight (1785). Les petits émigrés (1798) appeared in English as The Young Exiles, or, Correspondence of some Juvenile Emigrants in 1799. Les Mères rivales, ou la calomnie (1800) was translated as Rival Mothers; or, The Calumny (1800).