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100	1		_aSévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de, _d1626-1696
245	1	4	_aThe letters of Madame de Sévigné
250			_aRevised edition.
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-05-02
508			_aClaudine Corbasson, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520			_a"The letters of Madame de Sévigné" by marquise de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné is a collection of personal letters written in the late 17th century. The volume centers on her affectionate, witty correspondence—chiefly to her daughter—while also addressing friends and kin, offering vivid glimpses of court life under Louis XIV, provincial routines, and domestic anxieties. Expect graceful storytelling, sharp social observation, and a sustained portrait of maternal love. The opening of this collection frames the letters for readers through an editor’s preface that praises their style, historical value, and civilizing influence, explains a new arrangement by correspondent, and sketches the author’s life and times. A biographical essay traces her noble Burgundian origins, exceptional education, unhappy marriage and widowhood, prudent estate management, unwavering virtue, and overwhelming devotion to her son and especially her daughter, whose marriage to the Count de Grignan triggers their separation. The early letters to Cousin Bussy mix playful reproach with pride in his military exploits, court chatter, and family news, including her son’s voyage and her daughter’s betrothal. The correspondence to the daughter begins in tears and travel anxieties, then broadens into lively Paris reports (devotional debates, Ninon’s wit, a cheating-at-cards scandal, and the celebrated account of Vatel’s suicide at Chantilly), before shifting to Brittany, where she writes of gardens, local society, finances, and reading—always circling back to tender counsel and concern for her child’s health. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cBoston: Roberts Brothers, 1878
653			_aSévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de, 1626-1696 -- Correspondence
700	1		_aHale, Sarah Josepha Buell, _d1788-1879
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/selectionsfromra00raberich/page/n5/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78579
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