by Madame de Lafayette · Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782081412569
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«La Princesse de Montpensier» is the classic short novel by Madame de Lafayette, published by Flammarion in paperback (208 pages, in French).
In seventeenth-century France, amid the Wars of Religion, Marie de Mézières is forced to marry the Prince of Montpensier despite her childhood love for the Duke of Guise. When that love resurfaces, Marie is caught between passion and duty, in a story that clashes with the laws of her society.
The work was originally published in 1662. This edition with dossier includes an introduction by Camille Esmein-Sarrazin and a photo section from Bertrand Tavernier's film adaptation.
Edition linked to the French BAC L, suitable for students and readers of French classics.
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.
