by Madame de Lafayette · Coédition Belin/Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9791035807184
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«La Princesse de Clèves» is the classic French novel by Madame de Lafayette, published by Belin/Gallimard in paperback (288 pages, in French).
The young Mademoiselle de Chartres, following her mother's advice, marries the Prince de Clèves. At a ball she meets the Duke de Nemours and feels an intense passion for him, to which she decides not to yield. Madame de Lafayette precisely describes the princess's torments, torn between desire and duty at the French court.
2020 edition with the complete text and a pedagogical dossier by Kim-Lan Delahaye, in the Classico Lycée collection; it is linked to the French Bac curriculum.
Intended for French students preparing for the Bac and for those who wish to read a classic of French literature in its original language.
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.
