La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine
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- Poor translation
- An unusual love story
- Pointless
- Superb chivalric romance plus psychological depths
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The Princess of Cleves: Contemporary Reactions, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)
Madame de La Fayette , and Marie Madeleine De Lafayette
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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ASIN: 0393963330 |
Customer Reviews:
Poor translation.......2002-11-07
I was reading away happily at the original French version (struggling occasionally over some of the older vocabulary) until I realised I really didn't have enough time (essay due in tomorrow evening), so I quickly nipped round to a friend and borrowed this translation.
And it's not good, people, not good.
While parts of it have travelled quite nicely from French over to English, a lot of it is very badly done - some word for word tranlations and FAR too many repetitions of words. For example, I'm sure I came across 'agitation' three times on one page, and I can tell you I ended up more agitated than Mlle de Chartres ever would be after trying to scrape my way through it.
Needless to say, I'll be allowing more time to read these books beforehand so that I don't have to delve into another poorly translated version again.
Get it in French.
An unusual love story.......2000-05-11
This book is written in an unusual format, almost at a remove from the main character. This however, only serves to heighten the passion of the doomed lovers. In some ways it reminds me of mme de tourvil in dangerous liaisons. Unable to help herself falling in love. Knowing she was doing the wrong thing, and hurting the people who love her most, but unable to stop.
I really enjoyed this book,and I'm sure I'll read it again one day. Apparently this is the only decent book this author ever wrote, the rest being pretty unreadable. If you want a historical novel written in an historical period itself then try this.
Pointless.......2000-02-08
Allegedly the music is lost in the translation, and since the novel reads like an encyclopedia entry i wouldnt bother unless you have no choice. Such and such married such and such who begat so and so... Almost absent of conflict and plot. I'm sure its 'important' literature, but leave it for those who care.
Superb chivalric romance plus psychological depths.......1999-04-07
Princess de Cleves may on the surface seem like another court romance but the delicacy in which the writer portrays the feelings of her characters is extraordinary. There actually two levels to the story, on one level, it can just be read as a romance, and on the second level, it seems to be mocking the genre. The ending was incredible in that the reasons for the main character's final choice can be seen as both moral and life-defeating. It's hard to explains how without spoiling so please just go and read the book itself! It's short and extremely readible.
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La Princesse de Clèves et autres romans
Marie-Madeleine de La Fayette
Manufacturer: Adamant Media Corporation
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ASIN: 0543898865
Release Date: 2001-06-04 |
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Histoire d\'Henriette d\'Angleterre: Avec une introduction par Anatole France
Marie-Madeleine de La Fayette
Manufacturer: Adamant Media Corporation
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ASIN: 0543922804
Release Date: 2001-05-28 |
Book Description
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1882 edition by Charavay frères éditeurs, Paris.
Authors:
- Lackey, Mercedes
- Lafferty, R. A.
- Pär Lagerkvist
- Lagerkvist, Pär
- Selma Lagerlöf
- Lagerlöf, Selma
- Lahiri, Jhumpa
- Lamb, Charles
- Lamb, Wally
- Lamming, George
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