Guilleragues, Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne, vicomte de,  1628-1685 <br/><br/>
The Letters of a Portuguese Nun 

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<br/><br/> 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 2018-06-26 
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<br/><br/> "The Letters of a Portuguese Nun" by Guilleragues is a work of epistolary fiction first published in 1669. Five passionate letters form a haunting monologue of love, progressing through desire, faith, doubt, and despair toward a tragic conclusion. Originally attributed to a Portuguese nun writing to her French lover, the work became a European sensation and sparked debates about authenticity that persisted for centuries. These letters revolutionized European literature, establishing a template for sentimentalism and inspiring the epistolary novel tradition that flourished throughout the eighteenth century. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>83189877 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Epistolary fiction Alcoforado, Mariana, 1640-1723 -- Fiction 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ