by Madame de Lafayette · Belin - Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782701158082
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«La Princesse de Clèves» is the novel by Madame de Lafayette, published by Belin - Gallimard in paperback, with 256 pages, in French.
Mlle de Chartres, a young noblewoman educated in virtue, agrees to marry the Prince of Clèves, but at the court of Henry II she meets the Duke of Nemours and falls in love with him. The work, considered a precursor of the psychological novel, portrays her internal struggle between desire and duty, conjugal loyalty and the ideal of sincerity, in a courtly atmosphere of intrigue and passion.
This volume belongs to the Classico Lycée collection and includes the complete text with a dossier prepared by Kim-Lan Delahaye, with material for preparing the Bac.
Intended for French high school students preparing for the Bac, as well as for readers who want to approach a classic of French literature with the help of didactic material.
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.
