by
Madame de La Fayette
Language: French
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Mme. de la Fayette, whose maiden name was Marie-Magdeleine Pioche de La Vergne, was born at Paris in 1634. Her father belonged to the lesser nobility, and was for awhile governor of Pontoise, and later of Havre. Her mOther was sprung from an ancient family of Provence, among whom, says Auger, literary...