Selections from La Bruyère
- Editor: H. Ashton
- Date Published: January 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107666122
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First published in 1946 as the second edition of a 1928 original, this book contains selections from the writings of Jean de la Bruyère in the original French. Ashton prefaces the texts with a biographical portrait of the novelist, and provides vocabulary and notes to accompany each extract. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in French literature or in the history of French education.
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- Date Published: January 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107666122
- length: 198 pages
- dimensions: 197 x 130 x 10 mm
- weight: 0.2kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction:
1. The author
2. La Bruyère and the society of his time
3. The portrait
4. Les charactères - sources - style - influence
Bibliography
Text:
1. Du mérite personnel
2. Des femmes
3. De la société et de la conversation
4. Des biens de fortune
5. De la ville
6. De la cour
7. Des grands
8. Du souverain et de la République
9. De l'homme
10. Des jugements
11. De la mode
12. De quelques usages
Notes
List of works quoted in the notes
Index of the opening words of each paragraph.
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