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Madame de Lafayette
AuthorBooks · Second hand1634-1693
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette, better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer; she authored La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature.
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About Madame de Lafayette
Birth
1634
Death
1693
First book
1662
Years writing
364
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette, better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer; she authored La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature.
Madame de Lafayette was a key figure in 17th-century French literature.
Her most famous work, The Princess of Clèves, is considered one of the first modern novels.
Beyond her writing, she was an influential salonnière in the intellectual life of Paris.
Her career spanned various roles, including historian and lady-in-waiting at court.
She wrote under the pseudonym Madame de la Fayette, leaving a legacy of over one hundred works.
