Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
Nov 30, 1978
Publisher
Penguin
ISBN-10
0140443371
ISBN-13
9780140443370
Description
Poised between the fading world of chivalric romance and a new psychological realism, Madame de Lafayette's novel of passion and self-deception marks a turning point in the history of the novel. When it first appeared anonymously in 1678—in the heyday of French classicism—it aroused fierce controversy among critics and readers, particularly for the extraordinary confession which forms the climax of the story. It is now regarded as a landmark in the history of women's writing.