Selected Letters (Penguin Classics)
by Madame de Sevigne
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Author: Madame de SevigneIntroduction: Leonard Tancock
Edition: Paperback
Published: 1982-12-16
ISBN: 014044405X
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: Window to a Lost World
Summary: 5 Stars
The letters of the divine Marie have been celebrated for more than three centuries, from her time to ours. It is impossible not to be drawn in to the lost world of le Roi Soleil when you have such a charming companion as your guide. There is an immediacy and sensitivity to her writing that establishes a bond with the reader as palpable today as it was in the 17th century. The Marquise knew everyone and saw practically everything of note in the France of her time, or knew somebody who had seen it. She was a fixture at court, the companion of la Rochefoucauld and Madame La Fayette, saw the plays of Racine and Corneille, and heard the music of Lully. You can read about the trial of Foucquet, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and witness the terrible death of the odious Marquise de Brinvilliers. This Penguin Classics edition by the great Leonard Tancock features wonderful translations but could have done with a few more explanatory notes. And it should have been longer!
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