[Year of first publication] 1833 [Character(s)] Rachel [Work] Rachel; or, The Inheritance [Creator] Eugénie Foa [Country of publication] France [Details] Foa presents her protagonist, Rachel, in a semi-autobiographical representation of Foa's life which includes a failed marriage and becoming a writer. Foa is one of the first Jewish women novelists in the world, and her sister was married to Fromental Halévy who wrote La Juive.[27] Foa's later works include a number of historical romances in which the characters convert from Judaism, which Foa also did.[27] [Media] 
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