by Madame de La Fayette · J. M. DENT ET FILS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782743432041
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«La princesse de Clèves et autres romans» is a volume of novels by Madame de La Fayette, published in 2002, in paperback, with 350 pages, in French.
Set in the court of Henry II of France, it narrates the dilemma of a young aristocrat, trapped between her duties and a forbidden love for the Duke of Nemours; it is considered the beginning of the psychological novel. The volume includes La Comtesse de Tende and La Princesse de Montpensier, two short narratives focused on the emotional lives of their characters.
The work that gives the volume its title was originally published in 1678; this 2002 edition includes three narratives by the author.
For readers of classic French literature and the origins of the psychological novel.
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.
