La princess de Clèves - Softcover

Lafayette, Madame De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1480183148 ISBN 13: 9781480183148

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

La princess de Clèves Madame de Lafayette

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About the Author:

Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne was born in Paris in 1634. in 1656 she married the Comte de Lafayette, had two sons, and lived on his country estate. She then returned to Paris, and the couple remained largely separate from then on. She started a literary salon with her close friends Madame de Sevigne and the Duc de la Rochefoucauld. She also mixed in court circles and wrote a biography of her friend Henriette, wife of the Duc d'Orleans, after her death. She is mostly remembered for her novels. She died in 1693.

Robin Buss is a writer and translator who works for the Independent on Sunday and as television critic for the Times Literary Supplement. He has published on Vigny and Coteau and written three books on European cinema.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1480183148
• ISBN 13: 9781480183148
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130