Selections from La Bruyère
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Selections from La Bruyère
Cambridge University Press, 2014
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French text with notes in English
"First edition 1928 ... Reprinted 1946. First paperback edition 2014"--T.p. verso
Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge: At the University Press, 1946
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiv]) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1946 as the second edition of a 1928 original, this book contains selections from the writings of Jean de la Bruyere 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.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: 1. The author
- 2. La Bruyere and the society of his time
- 3. The portrait
- 4. Les characteres - sources - style - influence
- Bibliography
- Text: 1. Du merite personnel
- 2. Des femmes
- 3. De la societe 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 Republique
- 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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