by Madame de Lafayette · Libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782080700827
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«La Princesse de Clèves» is the historical novel by Madame de Lafayette, published by Flammarion in paperback, with 220 pages, in French.
Set in the court of the Valois, the novel portrays courtly life and the introspection of its characters, with rigorous construction and a pursuit of verisimilitude. Published anonymously in 1678, it is considered a landmark of the psychological novel and a testimony to the role of women in the literature and culture of the seventeenth century.
The GF Flammarion paperback edition includes a chronology and preface by Antoine Adam, professor at the Sorbonne.
It is suitable for readers of French classics and for the study of seventeenth-century literature.
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.
