by Madame de La Fayette · French and European Publications Inc · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070367788
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«La Princesse de Clèves et autres romans» is the volume of novels by Madame de La Fayette in paperback (376 pages, in French and English).
At the court of King Henry II of France, Mademoiselle de Chartres marries the Prince of Clèves and then meets the Duke of Nemours. The princess is torn between conjugal duty and a nascent passion, in a narrative that portrays the intrigues of the nobility and the morality of its time. The volume also includes other novels by the author.
The main novel originally appeared in 1678; this edition is from 1972. Volume 130 of the Folio classique collection.
For readers of classic French literature, interested in novels of passion and courtly morality.
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.
