The Guilleragues, Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne, vicomte de 1628-1685 creator Alcoforado, Mariana 1640-1723 Prestage, Edgar 1869-1951 text utu 2018 monographic en fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified Epistolary fiction Alcoforado, Mariana, 1640-1723 -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified 83189877 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57403 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57403 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134325.0 57403