Author: Madame de Lafayette Year: 1678 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Classic, Romance Culture: France
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ISBNs: 9781463571573 1463571577 |
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La Princesse de Clèves is a French novel, regarded by many as one of the first European novels, and a classic of its era. Its author is most often held to be Madame de La Fayette. Published anonymously in March 1678, and set a century earlier in the royal court of Henry II of France, it recreates that era with remarkable precision. Nearly every character ' except the heroine ' is a historic figure. Events and intrigues unfold with great faithfulness to documentary record.
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