Considered by many scholars to be among the most brilliant novels written in French during the eighteenth century, Lettres de Mistriss Henley publiees par son amie was composed as a response to Samuel de Constant's misogynist novel, The Sentimental Husband (1783). Charriere presents six letters penned by a Mistriss Henley, who has chosen a decent and affectionate man as her life's companion only to discover that she cannot bear sharing his life. An immediate success on its publication in 1784, Mistriss Henley was greeted with acclaim and controversy: one reader...
Considered by many scholars to be among the most brilliant novels written in French during the eighteenth century, Lettres de Mistriss Henley p...
Considered by many scholars to be among the most brilliant novels written in French during the eighteenth century, Lettres de Mistriss Henley publiees par son amie was composed as a response to Samuel de Constant's misogynist novel, The Sentimental Husband (1783). Charriere presents six letters penned by a Mistriss Henley, who has chosen a decent and affectionate man as her life's companion only to discover that she cannot bear sharing his life. An immediate success on its publication in 1784, Mistriss Henley was greeted with acclaim and controversy: one reader...
Considered by many scholars to be among the most brilliant novels written in French during the eighteenth century, Lettres de Mistriss Henley p...
Le Noble est une nouvelle satirique de la jeunesse d'Isabelle de Charriere, qui fit scandale: elle, de vieille noblesse, peut-elle se mesallier avec lui, un noble de fraiche date?"
Le Noble est une nouvelle satirique de la jeunesse d'Isabelle de Charriere, qui fit scandale: elle, de vieille noblesse, peut-elle se mesallier avec l...
Ce roman epistolaire raconte l'histoire de Henri, un jeune etranger, lorsqu'il rencontre Marianne, une jeune fille de la bonne societe de Neuchatel."
Ce roman epistolaire raconte l'histoire de Henri, un jeune etranger, lorsqu'il rencontre Marianne, une jeune fille de la bonne societe de Neuchatel."
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