by Madame De La Fayette · Larousse Kingfisher Chambers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782035842657
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«La Princesse de Clèves» is the psychological novel by Madame de La Fayette, published by Larousse in paperback (287 pages, in French).
At the court of Henry II of France, the young and married Princess of Clèves is torn between duty and the passion awakened in her by the Duke of Nemours. Published anonymously in 1678, the novel is considered a landmark for its psychological analysis of feelings and its portrayal of the conflicts between heart and reason.
2008 edition from the Petits Classiques Larousse collection, with the complete text and aligned with French secondary school curricula.
Suitable for students of French and for readers wishing to approach a classic of seventeenth-century French 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.
