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Madame de La Fayette

Madame de La Fayette (1634-1693), also Marie Madeleine La Fayette, or Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, or comtesse de La Fayette, was a French novelist, born in Paris. She is credited with being the originator of the class of fiction in which character and its analysis are held of chief account. She was the daughter of the governor of Havre, and contracted a Platonic affection for La Rochefoucauld in his old age, and was besides on intimate terms with Madame Sévigné and the most eminent literary men of the time. Her "Princess de Clèves" is a classic work, and the merit of it is enhanced by the reflection that it preceded by nearly half a century the works both of Le Sage and Defoe.

Wisdom & Quotes

  • Most mothers think that to keep young people away from lovemaking it is enough never to speak of it in their presence.
- La Princesse de Cleves

Madame Francoise de Maintenon

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Madame de Souza, Madame de Tencin, Madame Eglantine, Madame Recamir, Madame Roland, Madame Swetchine

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