Lettres portugaises by vicomte de Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne Guilleragues
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"Lettres portugaises" by vicomte de Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne Guilleragues is an epistolary work published anonymously in 1669. Five passionate letters form a monologue of love, moving through stages of faith, doubt, and despair toward a tragic conclusion. Initially believed to be authentic correspondence from a Portuguese nun to her French lover, the work became a European sensation with numerous editions and translations. Its emotional intensity established a precedent for sentimentalism in
European literature and influenced the development of the sentimental and epistolary novel genres. (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 |
| Editor | Piedagnel, Alexandre, 1831-1903 |
| LoC No. | 01018613 |
| Title |
Lettres portugaises Publiées sur l'édition originale avec une notice préliminaire par Alexandre Piedagnel |
| 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 | René Galluvot (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| 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. | 66978 |
| Release Date | Dec 20, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 360 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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