According to Wikipedia: "Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne (baptized 18 March 1634 25 May 1693), better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer, the author of La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature."
According to Wikipedia: "Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne (baptized 18 March 1634 25 May 1693), better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer, the author of La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature."