Selected Letters
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
014044405X
ISBN-13
9780140444056
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 30th, 1982
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
220 grams
Dimensions
19.50 x 12.90 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: general
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Describes the social and intellectual life of 17th-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV.
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.
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