#Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne

[nordleuchten]

When in the library I found a novel with مدام لافييت "Madame de La Fayette" on it, and it got me excited even that it is more than probable that the author has nothing to do with the Lafayette I thought of, turns out there was a relation! I researched about a little while studying and apparently a woman in an older generation of La Fayette family (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette) wrote it, her novel (La Princesse de Clèves (1678)) is considered the first french historical novel???? (basically historical fiction retelling with an OC).. she's not his grandmother or blood related in any way but I think it's a cool fact

Dear Anon,

that is indeed quite interesting, is it not?

Madame de La Fayette was the Marquis de La Fayette’s great-aunt (or there about, the family tree is a bit confusing around that time) by marriage, although her husband was not really a great catch. She published her books, most noticeable among them La Princesse de Clèves, anonymously but they were soon attributed to her. Her works in general and La Princesse de Clèves in particular, are a firm part of the French canon of classic literature.

Her main protagonists were all made up, but the setting and the supporting characters were all taken from history and the novel was lauded for its accuracy.

As far as I know, Madame de La Fayette’s works belonged to the first of its kind not only in France but in Western literature in general.

I hope you have/had a lovely day! :-)

[findepartida]

Elle sentit bien que la honte est la plus violente de toutes les passions.

Madame de La Fayette, La Comtesse de Tende

[maximumphilosopheranchor]

“Such a silly insipid thing it was! I could have written it better myself,” and at that the too bright colour rushed into her face; and her eyes, which were inclined to look half-shut like those of all her family, opened wide and sparkling; she caught at her friend’s hand and said, “Why do you not write it? Dear Madeleine, do tell my story for me, my very own story.” “But, Madame, what story?” “Yes, that is it, what is my story? But there have been so many stories about princesses who never lived long ago, in countries that were never on the map, and you, an author, Madeleine, owe it to your trade to do something new and audacious. Take a real flesh-and-blood princess of the present day for your heroine this time, and tell the truth about her, put in all the faults, as Cromwell told the painter to put in the warts.” If she could find some pattern, like the measure of a dance, some thread of meaning that should bring together the confused and crowded elements of her life into a whole, then she might not feel that she had lived so foolishly, untidily, so utterly in vain. But perhaps God alone could give this harmony.

Margaret Irwin, Royal Flush

[madame-sand]

fraternite des terre - about

So, a while back I randomly created a French organization for George to have a verse in. Thus the Fraternite was created. Then, recently @thehouseofthedead made those absolutely inCREDIBLE Ability User History posts and I dont have enough braincells for a France one at the moment but I wanted to bring my team into the rpc world. Also thank you to @straylcved for being moral support and I love your French kids too.

The Fraternite was founded by George Sand and Victor Hugo after they graduated from college, it original mission being, “To Help Each Other, To Help France, and To Help the World” Mainly they keep order within France and act as a resource for other French ability users if needed. But nowadays they are also trying to keep Agatha Christie’s well-manicured hands off the continent.

Known Ranking Members:

George Sand - Actual Leader (logistical leader according to Alfred)

Ability: Lucrezia Floriani - Creates mindless drone of the person that is affected hold dearest to them, she can control these drones and summon at them will

Has one brain cell that bounces around like the windows screensaver

Gathers intelligence as well as makes weapons

Alfred de Musset - Second in command (operational leader according to himself)

Ability : The Confession of a Child of the Century - Engulfs victim in their own emotions. They either get stunned temporarily or die.

Has one brain cell that zips around like an electron

Heads any in-field operations

Is the perfect child of @juxtaposcd​

Voltaire

Ability: Candide - Forces people to tell the truth but only in riddles 

The Gogol of the group which really is an insult to Gogol

Heads the Paris office

Pretty boy

Victor Hugo

Ability: Caretaker of Notre Dame - allows him to change architecture to as he sees fit (think the building scenes in Inception and Doctor Strange)

Went to boarding school with George, when they graduated he moved in to Nohant

“Clean up crew” after operations

Maybe 3 brain cells

Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne

Ability: The Princess of Montpensier - Her limbs can turn into plants at will

Runs the actual organization office at Nohant, keeps the plants and the garden alive

Also has royal blood in her family from a long time ago, she suspects that George is a distant cousin.

Has the most brain cells (~10)

[deartotheheart]

La Princesse de Monpensier

Paris, Louis Billaine, 1662

A French rococo woodcut with the gilt arms of Louis XIV’s emblem on the title-page

Catalog Note:

���1st edition of La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de La Princesse de Monpensier, published anonymously.

Separated from her husband in 1659, Mme de La Fayette settled in Paris, where she enjoyed the friendship of Madame Henriette, sister of Charles II of England and wife of the duc d'Orléans, brother of Louis XIV and one of Mme de La Fayette's principal romances. La Princesse de Montpensier constitutes a study of a political marriage void of love, which ends tragically.”

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/musical-manuscripts-continental-books-l12406/lot.120.html

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The Princess of Cleves by La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) https://ift.tt/2ROKys8

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Madame de La Fayette. La Princesse de Clèves (1725)

LA FAYETTE (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de) LA PRINCESSE DE CLÈVES. Paris, Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1725 4 parties en 1 volume in-12 (16,7 x 10 cm) de (6)-207, 1 feuillet blanc, 1 feuillet de titre (tome III), 210 pages. Reliure de l'époque plein veau havane ganité, dos à nerfs orné, tranches mouchetées rouges. Coiffe supérieur restaurée. Fente sans gravité au mors inférieur sur 3 cm (solide). Dos légèrement frotté, dorures légèrement passées. Intérieur très frais. Complet. NOUVELLE ÉDITION. Ouvrage classique s'il en est, l'un des plus connus de la littérature française du XVIIe siècle, publié pour la première fois au printemps 1678. Ce roman historique passe pour souvent pour être un prototype du roman d'analyse psychologique. De 1655 à 1680, elle sera étroitement liée avec La Rochefoucauld (l’auteur des Maximes), dont elle dira : « M. de La Rochefoucauld m’a donné de l’esprit, mais j’ai réformé son cœur. » Leur fidèle et constante amitié fera écrire à Madame de Sévigné, leur amie à tous deux, au moment de la mort du duc de La Rochefoucauld : « ... rien ne pouvait être comparé à la confiance et aux charmes de leur amitié. ». La mort de La Rochefoucauld en 1680 puis du comte de La Fayette en 1683 la conduit à mener une vie sociale moins active dans ses dernières années. Elle s'est clairement retirée de la vie mondaine, afin de se préparer à la mort (25 mai 1693). Elle meurt à peine plus d'un mois après le comte de Bussy-Rabutin, cousin de la marquise de Sévigné. « L'autre jour, je m'amusais - on s'amuse comme on peut - à regarder le programme du concours d'attaché d'administration. Un sadique ou un imbécile avait mis dans le programme d'interroger les concurrents sur La Princesse de Clèves. Je ne sais pas si cela vous est arrivé de demander à la guichetière ce qu'elle pensait de La Princesse de Clèves. Imaginez un peu le spectacle ! » (Nicolas Sarkosy, Ministre de l'Intérieur, Candidat à l'élection présidentielle, 23 février 2006, Lyon, déclaration devant des fonctionnaires de l'Etat). https://librairie-hugonnard-roche.blogspot.com/2017/05/madame-de-la-fayette-la-princesse-de.html

[findepartida]

Cette trahison lui fit horreur : la honte et les malheurs d'une galanterie se présentèrent à son esprit ; elle vit l'abîme où elle se précipitait, et elle résolut de l'éviter.

Madame de La Fayette, La Comtesse de Tende

[margaridacadima]

"L’on est bien faible quand on est amoureux." "One is very vulnerable when one is in love." Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Madame de La Fayette (18 mars 1634 - 25 mai 1693) #french #literature #femmesdelettres #madamedelafayette #onthisday #laprincessedemontpensier #amoureux #inlove (at Lisbon, Portugal)

[les-ecrivains-opprimes-blog]

Madame de la Fayette

Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, plus connue comme Madame de La Fayette était née le 18 mars 1634 à Paris, France. Sa famille était riche et elle a étudie l’italien et le latin, et aussi elle était introduit a des salons pour un carrière . Elle a marié Francois Motier et elle a eu 2 fils. Elle a commencé d’ecrire anonymement et elle avait beaucoup du sucés, mais elle a resté anonyme. Elle était mort le 25 mai 1693 à Paris. La Princesse de Montpensier (1662) Zaïde (1671) La Princesse de Cleves (1678)