Unlike Madame de Sévigné, she didn't write for the public of a small circle, but only to the respective correspondent, in concrete response to his last letter, which explains the almost unbridled spontaneity and unrestricted intimacy of the style. She didn't want to write a high style, not even romanesque, but natural, coulant, without restrictions, above all without ceremonial ado: writing comfortably is better than correct. The letters often appear to have no disposition and are subject to spontaneous ideas, whereby they make the reader a living companion (W. L. Holland).