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La Princesse De Clèves par Mme de La Fayette - Edited with Introduction and Notes
Mme. de la Fayette, whose maiden name was Marie-Magdeleine Pioche de La Vergne, was born at Paris in 1634. Her father belonged to the lesser nobility, and was for awhile governor of Pontoise, and later of Havre. Her mother was sprung from an ancient family of Provence, among whom, says Auger, literary talent had long been a heritage; but the mother herselfif we are to believe Mme. de La Fayette's biographerspossessed no talent save that of intrigue. This opinion of Mme. de La Vergne, however, rests mainly upon the testimony of Cardinal de Retz; and may it not be that Mme. de La Fayette has drawn for us the portrait of her mother in the person of Mme. de Chartres? If this be true, Mme. de La Vergne, vain and intriguing though she may have been, was not wholly unworthy of her daughter. The early education of Mme. de La Fayettefor by this name we can best speak of herwas made the special care of her father, "un pre en qui le mrite galoit la tendresse." Later, she was put under Mnage, and possibly Rapin. Segrais, with his usual garrulousness, tells the following story: "Trois mois aprs que Mme. de La Fayette eut commenc d'apprendre le latin, elle en savoit dj plus que M. Mnage et que le Pre Rapin, ses matres. En la faisant expliquer, ils eurent dispute ensemble touchant l'explication d'un passage, et ni l'un ni l'autre ne vouloit se rendre au sentiment de son compagnon; Mme. de La Fayette leur dit: Vous n'y entendez rien ni l'un ni l'autre.En effet, elle leur dit la vritableiv explication de ce passage; ils tombrent d'accord qu'elle avoit raison." And Segrais goes on to say: "C'toit un pote qu'elle expliquoit, car elle n'aimoit pas la prose, et elle n'a pas lu Cicron; mais comme elle se plaisoit fort la posie, elle lisoit particulirement Virgile et Horace; et comme elle avoit l'esprit potique et qu'elle savoit tout ce qui convenoit cet art, elle pntroit sans peine le sens de ces auteurs." Learned for a woman of her times Mme. de La Fayette indeed was; but of this learning she made no show,"pour ne pas choquer les autres femmes," says Sainte-Beuve. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 20262
Author: La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne)
Release Date: Jan 3, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: French
Editor: Gorrell, Hendren J , Sledd, Benjamin Franklin, 1864-1940
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