Publiées sur l'édition originale avec une notice préliminaire par Alexandre Piedagnel Guilleragues, Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne, vicomte de 1628-1685 creator Alcoforado, Mariana 1640-1723 Piedagnel, Alexandre 1831-1903 text utu 2021 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Lettres portugaises" by vicomte de Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne Guilleragues is an epistolary work published anonymously in 1669. Five passionate letters form a monologue of love, moving through stages of faith, doubt, and despair toward a tragic conclusion. Initially believed to be authentic correspondence from a Portuguese nun to her French lover, the work became a European sensation with numerous editions and translations. Its emotional intensity established a precedent for sentimentalism in European literature and influenced the development of the sentimental and epistolary novel genres. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Traditionally ascribed to M. Alcoforado, these letters are now attributed to Guilleragues. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_a_Portuguese_Nun Release date is 2021-12-20 René Galluvot (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Original publication data not identified Epistolary fiction Alcoforado, Mariana, 1640-1723 -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified 01018613 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66978 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66978 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134539.0 66978