exaggeration

Mis à jour: 12 août 2026

It is without romanticism and exaggeration, and so it is not a romance; it is more like a book of memoirs, and I hear this was the first title of the book, but it was changed. There you have my opinion of the La Princesse de Clèves; let me ask you for yours, for people have almost come to blows over it.

Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) La Fayette - La Princesse De Clèves par Mme de La Fayette : Edited with Introduction and Notes