Les caractères by Jean de La Bruyère
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"Les caractères" by Jean de La Bruyère is a collection of observations published in 1688. Working for seventeen years, La Bruyère crafted 420 remarks in the form of maxims, reflections, and portraits depicting French society and court life. Presented as a continuation of ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus's work, the collection grew through nine editions to over 1,100 observations by 1694. La Bruyère sketched the social and cultural flaws of his time, balancing
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| Author | La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645-1696 |
|---|---|
| Title | Les caractères |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Caract%C3%A8res |
| Credits | Produced by Chuck Greif and www.ebooksgratuits.com |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Characters and characteristics |
| Subject | Character sketches -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17980 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-17980-3 |
| Release Date | Mar 14, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1213 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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