by Jean de La Bruyère · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080258991
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«Les caractères livres V à X» is the work of portraits and moral reflections by Jean de La Bruyère (Flammarion, paperback, 269 pages, in French).
In books V to X of Les Caractères, La Bruyère portrays French society of the seventeenth century through observations, maxims, and scenes of manners. His characters embody the vanity, hypocrisy, or greed of the court and the city, and the whole forms a «social comedy» with an ironic and biting tone.
Edition published in 2021 in the Étonnants Classiques collection, with complete text and pedagogical dossier; the proposed reading path is «La comédie sociale».
Aimed at students of French literature and readers who want a seventeenth-century classic with pedagogical support.
Jean de La Bruyère was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire.
