Love Never Quiets: the Letters of Madame De Sévigné
About This Novel
There are two dazzling female writers in the history of French literature in the seventeenth century, one is Madame Lafayette and the other is Madame de Sevigne. Her letters can be regarded as a model of French letter literature. Qian Zhongshu once praised Yang Xianyi's works. Most of the letters included in this book were written by Madame de Sevigne to her daughter. They are sincere and touching. Her maternal love is like a deep river flowing slowly over time, with never calm waves... In addition, these letters also reveal many anecdotes and secrets of the nobles in Louis XIV's court. The writing is playful and the quotations are erudite. They can pull you into the most luxurious and glorious era of France at once. The content involves politics, military, literature, economy and other fields. It can be called a French Ukiyoe.
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