num_pages: 204
description: Adapting The Princess of Cleves to a modern language format, this book offers a new, readable translation of Madame de La Fayette's masterpiece. The work is supplemented by an Introduction and general critical commentary which aid in the proper understanding of the seventeenth-century novel. This version differs from earlier translations by including a 'Who's Who' section of brief biographical character sketches, providing the reader with a clarificaton and explanation otherwise unavailable.
language: English
title: The Princess of Cleves
titlecomplete: The Princess of Cleves
characters: Catherine de Medici, Jacques de Savoie, duke of Nemours, Henri II of France, The Princess of Clèves, Mary, Queen of Scots
genres: Classics, France, Historical, School, Romance, Historical Fiction, 17th Century, Literature, French Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 15448
publisher: University Press Of America