Madame de La Fayette

Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne was born in Paris in March 1634 into a family of minor nobility. A maid of honour to Queen Anne of Austria, she became close to the grammarian Gilles Ménage, who opened the salons to her. In 1655, she married Count François de La Fayette and lived on his estates in the Auvergne before settling in Paris, where she in turn held a salon. Bound by a long friendship with La Rochefoucauld, she published her novels without signing them, and died in Paris on 25 May 1693.

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• NovelThe Princesse de ClèvesLa Princesse de ClèvesMadame de La Fayette · 1678LiteraturePublic domain