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Perhaps one of the greatest works of French literature is Madame de Lafayette's The Princess of Cleves, often described as the first of all "modern" novels. This classic translation, with… More...

Perhaps one of the greatest works of French literature is Madame de Lafayette's The Princess of Cleves, often described as the first of all "modern" novels. This classic translation, with an introduction, by the late English novelist and biographer Nancy Mitford, was first brought out in 1951 by New Directions. It is now made available as a New Directions Paperbook. Published in 1678 and written by Marie Madeleine Roche de la Vergne, Countess de Lafayette - a Parisian lady of fashion and great wit, who probably received help from her friend the Duc de la Rochefoucauld, author of the famous Maxims - it recreates with matchless vitality the lives and loves of the sixteenth-century courtiers of King Henry II of France. In her exquisite tapestry, we encounter such historic figures as Diane de Poitiers, the king's mistress; Catherine de Medicis, his queen; the doomed Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland. It tells the story of the consuming passion of the young Duc de Nemours for the beautiful wife of his friend the Prince of Cleves. Madame de Sevigne, the great letter writer and life-long friend of Madame de Lafayette, called Th e Princess of Cleves "one of the most charming things." It is still that - and it is also one of the truly great love stories of all literature. Book jacket. biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,classics,contemporary,criticism and theory,fiction,gender studies,genre fiction Women's Studies, Penguin Publishing Group<

ISBN: 045150089X

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ISBN: 9780451500892

Acceptable. Binding is square and tight. Only mark is date stamp inside back cover. Corners good. Water stain and warping 1&quot; along bottom and 1&quot; along some of open side… More...

Acceptable. Binding is square and tight. Only mark is date stamp inside back cover. Corners good. Water stain and warping 1&quot; along bottom and 1&quot; along some of open side of book. Pages are tan.<

ISBN: 9780451500892

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