by Madame de La Fayette · tapa dura · ISBN 9788477391333
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«La princesa de Clèves» is the psychological novel by Madame de La Fayette, published by Edicions Proa in hardcover in Catalan.
The action takes place at the court of Henry II of France; the Princess of Clèves, married without love, meets a nobleman and is torn between conjugal fidelity and growing passion. The work is considered one of the first psychological novels in French literature.
Catalan edition translated by Josep A. Grimalt, in the A Tot Vent collection. The novel was originally published in 1678 and this edition appeared in 1990.
For readers of French classics and psychological fiction, with an interest in period literature and courtly settings.
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.
