Louise de La Fayette
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Louise Angélique Motier de la Fayette was a French courtier and close friend and confidante of King Louis XIII. She later left the court and entered a convent. She was known for her influence upon the
Louise de La Fayette
Sister Louise Angelique de La Fayette
Convent of the Visitations, Chaillot founded by Louise de La Fayette
La Princesse de Clèves
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La Princesse de Clèves is a French novel which was published anonymously in March 1678. It was regarded by many as the beginning of the modern tradition of the psychological novel and a classic work.
Louise de La Fayette
…of House Bourbon-Busset an illegitimate branch of the royal House of Bourbon. Her sister-in-law was Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693) the author of La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature. Through her grandmother, Louise de Bourbon-Busset, she came to the French…
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Prince de Clèves sees Mademoiselle de Chartres at the jeweler's shop (Part I)
Madame de Chartres warns the Princess de Clèves against a romantic attachment to the Duke de Nemours (Part I)
The Duke de Nemours speaks privately to the Princess de Clèves (Part II)