Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter and Her Friends
Title | Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter and Her Friends PDF eBook |
Author | Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné |
Publisher | |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1811 |
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Selected Letters
Title | Selected Letters PDF eBook |
Author | Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 506 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 014044405X |
Describes the social and intellectual life of seventeenth-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV
The Letters of Madame
Title | The Letters of Madame PDF eBook |
Author | Charlotte-Elisabeth Orléans (duchesse d') |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | France |
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Letters from Liselotte
Title | Letters from Liselotte PDF eBook |
Author | Charlotte-Elisabeth Orléans (duchesse d') |
Publisher | |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Married in 1672, at 19, to Louis XIV's bisexual brother, the Duke of Orleans, Liselotte began her voluminous and fascinating correspondence from the Court of Versailles which she continued until her death 50 years later, making her the greatest chronicler of her day.
Selected Correspondence
Title | Selected Correspondence PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Louise Germaine de Staël |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9401142831 |
In her letters Mme de Staël provides a panoramic historical outlook of the European literary, cultural and political scene between 1789 and 1817, i.e. the Revolution, the Napoleonic era and the Restoration. This edition, as its French original, includes rare contemporary illustrations never published before in this connection. For this book there is no specific level of readership.
Letters of a Peruvian Woman
Title | Letters of a Peruvian Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Françoise de Graffigny |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2009-01-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0191622613 |
'It has taken me a long time, my dearest Aza, to fathom the cause of that contempt in which women are held in this country ...' Zilia, an Inca Virgin of the Sun, is captured by the Spanish conquistadores and brutally separated from her lover, Aza. She is rescued and taken to France by Déterville, a nobleman, who is soon captivated by her. One of the most popular novels of the eighteenth century, the Letters of a Peruvian Woman recounts Zilia's feelings on her separation from both her lover and her culture, and her experience of a new and alien society. Françoise de Graffigny's bold and innovative novel clearly appealed to the contemporary taste for the exotic and the timeless appetite for love stories. But by fusing sentimental fiction and social commentary, she also created a new kind of heroine, defined by her intellect as much as her feelings. The novel's controversial ending calls into question traditional assumptions about the role of women both in fiction and society, and about what constitutes 'civilization'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Letters of Madam [sic] de Maintenon
Title | The Letters of Madam [sic] de Maintenon PDF eBook |
Author | Madame de Maintenon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1753 |
Genre | Favorites, Royal |
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