Choix de Lettres de Madame de Sévigné extrait de L'Édition des Grands Écrivains de La France sous la direction de A. Regnier

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The Marquise de Sévigné (1626 – 1696) was a French aristocrat renowned for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed to her da ughter, Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné but her letters were copied and passed about, so that they were widely read in her own time. She is revered in France as one of the great icons of French 17th-century literature.Front cover inscription: "we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake" is an excerpt from Epilogue by Robert Browning. Show more