Author: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter and Her Friends
Author: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Letters of Madame
Author: Charlotte-Elisabeth Orléans (duchesse d')
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Selected Letters
Author: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014044405X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Describes the social and intellectual life of seventeenth-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014044405X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Describes the social and intellectual life of seventeenth-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV
The Letters of Madame
Author: Charlotte-Elisabeth Orléans (duchesse d')
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Letters from Liselotte
Author: Charlotte-Elisabeth Orléans (duchesse d')
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Married in 1672, at 19, to Louis XIV's bisexual brother, the Duke of Orleans, Liselotte began her voluminous and fascinating correspondence from the Court of Versailles which she continued until her death 50 years later, making her the greatest chronicler of her day.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Married in 1672, at 19, to Louis XIV's bisexual brother, the Duke of Orleans, Liselotte began her voluminous and fascinating correspondence from the Court of Versailles which she continued until her death 50 years later, making her the greatest chronicler of her day.
Selected Correspondence
Author: Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401142831
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
In her letters Mme de Staël provides a panoramic historical outlook of the European literary, cultural and political scene between 1789 and 1817, i.e. the Revolution, the Napoleonic era and the Restoration. This edition, as its French original, includes rare contemporary illustrations never published before in this connection. For this book there is no specific level of readership.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401142831
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
In her letters Mme de Staël provides a panoramic historical outlook of the European literary, cultural and political scene between 1789 and 1817, i.e. the Revolution, the Napoleonic era and the Restoration. This edition, as its French original, includes rare contemporary illustrations never published before in this connection. For this book there is no specific level of readership.
Madame Du Deffand and Her World
Author: Benedetta Craveri
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781870015790
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Madame du Deffand (1696-1780) was a minor French aristocrat who, bored by her marriage, threw herself into scandalous relationships with leading noblemen, including the French Regent. She later re-invented herself as a highly successful salonniere, her salon being frequented by leading thinkers of the day. She also maintained very witty, perceptive correspondences with Voltaire (whose letters back are full expositions of his philosophy) and later with Horace Walpole with whom she fell deeply in love, much to his shock.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781870015790
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Madame du Deffand (1696-1780) was a minor French aristocrat who, bored by her marriage, threw herself into scandalous relationships with leading noblemen, including the French Regent. She later re-invented herself as a highly successful salonniere, her salon being frequented by leading thinkers of the day. She also maintained very witty, perceptive correspondences with Voltaire (whose letters back are full expositions of his philosophy) and later with Horace Walpole with whom she fell deeply in love, much to his shock.
The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine Mother of the Regent
Author: Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Letters of Madame De Sevigne
Author: Hale
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368839330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368839330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Letters of a Peruvian Woman
Author: Françoise de Graffigny
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191622613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
'It has taken me a long time, my dearest Aza, to fathom the cause of that contempt in which women are held in this country ...' Zilia, an Inca Virgin of the Sun, is captured by the Spanish conquistadores and brutally separated from her lover, Aza. She is rescued and taken to France by Déterville, a nobleman, who is soon captivated by her. One of the most popular novels of the eighteenth century, the Letters of a Peruvian Woman recounts Zilia's feelings on her separation from both her lover and her culture, and her experience of a new and alien society. Françoise de Graffigny's bold and innovative novel clearly appealed to the contemporary taste for the exotic and the timeless appetite for love stories. But by fusing sentimental fiction and social commentary, she also created a new kind of heroine, defined by her intellect as much as her feelings. The novel's controversial ending calls into question traditional assumptions about the role of women both in fiction and society, and about what constitutes 'civilization'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191622613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
'It has taken me a long time, my dearest Aza, to fathom the cause of that contempt in which women are held in this country ...' Zilia, an Inca Virgin of the Sun, is captured by the Spanish conquistadores and brutally separated from her lover, Aza. She is rescued and taken to France by Déterville, a nobleman, who is soon captivated by her. One of the most popular novels of the eighteenth century, the Letters of a Peruvian Woman recounts Zilia's feelings on her separation from both her lover and her culture, and her experience of a new and alien society. Françoise de Graffigny's bold and innovative novel clearly appealed to the contemporary taste for the exotic and the timeless appetite for love stories. But by fusing sentimental fiction and social commentary, she also created a new kind of heroine, defined by her intellect as much as her feelings. The novel's controversial ending calls into question traditional assumptions about the role of women both in fiction and society, and about what constitutes 'civilization'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.