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Stendhal wrote in " Life of Rossini" " It is necessary to have loved as implacably as the Portuguese Nun, and with all the unquenchable ardour of which she has left us so vivid an echo in her immortal Letters" First published in 1668 by then small Parisian bookseller Claude Barbin,... Read Full Overview

"Lettres portugaises" par Gabriel de Guilleragues. Gabriel de Guilleragues etait un journaliste, diplomate et ecrivain francais (1628-1685)."

Mariana Alcoforado: Portugiesische Briefe. bertragen von Rainer Maria Rilke Erstdruck als Lettres portugaises 1669. Hier in der bertragung von Rainer Maria Rilke, Leipzig, Insel, 1913. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2017. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas... Read Full Overview

A literary classic of great power and emotional depth, this book is a collection of epistolary novels attributed to a 17th-century Portuguese nun. The letters recount the story of a passionate love affair between the nun and a French officer, and offer a vivid and haunting... Read Full Overview

"Lettres portugaises" de Gabriel de Guilleragues. Journaliste, diplomate et ?crivain fran?ais (1628-1685).

1663-1668 au Portugal, dans un couvent. Au-dehors, la guerre est partout. Ce sont cinq longues lettres au style pur crite par une religieuse (tr s jeune) enferm e, un militaire (exp riment ) libre de ses mouvements, elles ont le caract re pr cis d'une tude psychologique:... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Minnebrieven Van Een Portugeesche Non (1904) is een epistolaire roman geschreven door Marianna Alcoforado. Het boek vertelt het verhaal van een non genaamd Mariana die verliefd wordt op een Franse officier genaamd No�����l en met hem een gepassioneerde... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Mariana Alcoforado, Karl Larsen: Portugiesische Briefe. Schwester Marianna und ihre Liebesbriefe. bersetzt von Mathilde Mann Erstdruck der d nischen Fassung von Karl Larsen: Soster Marianna og hendes K rlighedsbreve, Kopenhagen, 1894. Hier in der deutschen bersetzung von Mathilde... Read Full Overview

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun - (Marianna Alcoforado) is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,... Read Full Overview