Princesse De Cleves: The Princesse De Montpensier; The Comtesse De Tende

The Princesse De Montpensier ; The Comtesse De Tende

• Author(s): Madame de La Fayette (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne),
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 235
• ISBN_10: 0192837265
  ISBN_13: 9780192837264
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Fiction / General , Fiction / Classics , Fiction / Literary , Literary Criticism / European / French , Social Science / Women's Studies ,

Description:... Poised between the fading world of chivalric romance and a new psychological realism, Madame de Lafayette's novel of passion and self-deception marks a turning point in the history of the novel. When it first appeared anonymously in 1678--in the heyday of French classicism--it aroused fierce controversy among critics and readers, particularly for the extraordinary confession which forms the climax of the story. It is now regarded as a landmark in the history of women's writing. In this entirely new translation, The Princesse de Cleves is accompanied by two shorter works also attributed to Mme de Lafayette, The Princesse de Montpensier and The Comtesse de Tende.