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Selected Letters (Classics) Book

One of the world's greatest correspondents, Madame de Sévigné (1626-96) paints an extraordinarily vivid picture of France at the time of Louis XIV, in eloquent letters written throughout her life to family and friends. A significant figure in French society and literary circles, whose close friends included Madame de La Fayette and La Rochefoucauld, she reflected on both significant historical events and personal issues, and in this selection of the most significant letters, spanning almost fifty years, she is by turns humorous and melancholic, profound and superficial. Whether describing the new plays of Racine and Molière, speculating on court scandals - including the intrigues of the King's mistresses - or relating her own family concerns, Madame de Sévigné provides throughout an intriguing portrait of the lost age of Le Roi Soleil.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    One of the world's great letter writers, Madame de Sevigne (1626-96) has bequeathed an extraordinarily vivid picture of life in the France of Louis XIV. One of the world's greatest correspondents, Madame de Sevigne (1626-96) paints an...

  • Penguin

    An extraordinarily vivid picture of social, literary, and political life in Louis XIV's France is captured in this selection of letters.

  • Waterstones

    Describes the social and intellectual life of 17th-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV.

  • Pickabook

    Madame De Sevigne, Leonard Tancock (Trans)

  • 014044405X
  • 9780140444056
  • MADAME DE SEVIGNE & TANCO
  • 22 October 2003
  • Longman
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
  • 1
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