Selected Letters

Informationen zum Autor Madame Sevigne Klappentext One of the world's greatest correspondents, Madame de Sévigné paints an extraordinarily vivid picture of France at the time of Louis XIV, in eloquent letters written throughout her life to family and friends. A significant figure in French society and literary circles, whose close friends included Madame de La Fayette and La Rochefoucauld, she reflected on both significant historical events and personal issues, and in this selection of the most significant letters, spanning almost fifty years, she is by turns humorous and melancholic, profound and superficial. Whether describing the new plays of Racine and Molière, speculating on court scandals - including the intrigues of the King's mistresses - or relating her own family concerns, Madame de Sévigné provides throughout an intriguing portrait of the lost age of Le Roi Soleil. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung Describes the social and intellectual life of 17th-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV.

Product details

• Authors: Marie de Sevigne, Marie Rabutin-Chantal De Sevigne, MADAME DE SEVIGNE & TANCO, Madame Sevigne, Madame de Sevigne, Marie De Rabutin-Chan Sevigne, Leonard Tancock
• Assisted by: Leonard Tancock (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.1982
• EAN: 9780140444056
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044405-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Longman; Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics; Longman
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Diaries, letters & journals, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, Diaries, letters and journals