The Letters of a Portuguese Nun by Guilleragues
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"The Letters of a Portuguese Nun" by Guilleragues is a work of epistolary fiction first published in 1669. Five passionate letters form a haunting monologue of love, progressing through desire, faith, doubt, and despair toward a tragic conclusion. Originally attributed to a Portuguese nun writing to her French lover, the work became a European sensation and sparked debates about authenticity that persisted for centuries. These letters revolutionized European literature, establishing a template
for sentimentalism and inspiring the epistolary novel tradition that flourished throughout the eighteenth century. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Guilleragues, Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne, vicomte de, 1628-1685 |
|---|---|
| Dubious author | Alcoforado, Mariana, 1640-1723 |
| Translator | Prestage, Edgar, 1869-1951 |
| LoC No. | 83189877 |
| Uniform Title | Lettres portugaises. English & French |
| Title | The Letters of a Portuguese Nun |
| Note | Traditionally ascribed to M. Alcoforado, these letters are now attributed to Guilleragues. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_a_Portuguese_Nun |
| Credits |
Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Epistolary fiction |
| Subject | Alcoforado, Mariana, 1640-1723 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 57403 |
| Release Date | Jun 26, 2018 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 699 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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