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For Mme. de La Fayette, though belonging wholly to the young Court, took no part in the intrigues and factions of the royal household. It is this Court life, which, under guise of that of Henry II., is described in La Princesse de Clèves: "There were so many interests and so many intrigues in which women took part that love was always mingled with politics and politics with love.

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

Cette lettre est un document capital pour la première partie de la vie de Burns. Tous les renvois aux oeuvres de Burns, soit en vers soit en prose, sont faits, lorsqu'il n'y aura pas d'autre indication, sur la belle édition de W. Scott Douglas: The complete Works of Robert Burns. Edinburgh. Narrative of the Household of William Burnes. V. Scott Douglas. Vol.

Auguste Angellier - Robert Burns: Vol. I., La Vie.

This frigid, make-believe happiness, even though supported by the satisfaction of being absolute mistress of the household, could not long suffice for a nature like Mme. de La Fayette's; and therein lies perhaps the secret of all the unwritten history that follows. Just at what time the friendship between Mme. de La Fayette and La Rochefoucauld began, is uncertain.

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