La Rochefoucauld, François duc de 1613-1680

Maxims by François La Rochefoucauld ( Book )
1,097 editions published between 1665 and 2009 in 22 languages and held by 2,191 libraries worldwide
"Every major author in the eighteenth century knew La Rochefoucauld's Maximes; Voltaire reported that the French knew these maxims by heart. Now, for the first time, scholars of Anglo-French literary relations can read each maxim in this period translation together with its French original. For added convenience, the editor has also supplied an appendix containing the authentic Rochefoucauld maxims that did not appear in the 1749 translation. That translation, which was preceded by at least five previous translations of this immensely popular work, became the dominant translation for the next hundred years. When it was superseded by more reliable and authoritative translations, it fell into disuse and neglect. Yet for us today, it has strong historical and literary significance because it was the first annotated translation of this work, and also because it was the first and perhaps only English translation in which the scattered maxims found in the duke's early editions were now rearranged alphabetically by topic. Dr. Primer's new annotations, together with his historical and biographical introduction and bibliography, contribute significantly to our understanding of the reception and translation history of the duke's single masterpiece." "In preparing his translation for an English audience, the anonymous translator made many references to English authors in his notes, among them More, Hobbes, Swift, and Milton. While he could also have used a variety of French comments on the duke's maximes as well, he deliberately chose to cater to his English readers by emphasizing English parallels and classical sources. In his introduction, Dr. Primer reviews the translation history of the duke's maxims and finds that some of the main characteristics of this translation were borrowed from the posthumously published French edition prepared by the Sieur Abraham-Nicholas Amelot de la Houssaye, whose presence in this edition is visible from time to time. The anonymous translator of selections from Amelot's edition adopted a more colloquial style than is generally associated with La Rochefoucauld's maxims; he also turns out to be significant not only as a translator but also as a reinterpreter of the central moral issue in the entire book. Most readers, including Jonathan Swift, had taken the duke's position on human nature to be the same as Hobbes's (stressing the human being's selfishness or natural egoism), but the translator/annotator finds that the duke's message is not inconsistent with the more positive view of human nature found in Lord Shaftesbury and in the poetry of Pope."--Jacket.

Oeuvres complètes by François La Rochefoucauld ( Book )
45 editions published between 1825 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 856 libraries worldwide

La princesse de Clèves by La Fayette ( Book )
80 editions published between 1678 and 1994 in 4 languages and held by 829 libraries worldwide
A romance novel.

Œuvres de La Rochefoucauld by François La Rochefoucauld ( Book )
63 editions published between 1827 and 1929 in French and Undetermined and held by 256 libraries worldwide

La Rochefoucauld by Edith Mora ( Book )
6 editions published in 1965 in French and held by 163 libraries worldwide

The memoirs of the Duke de La Rochefoucault containing the private intrigues for obtaining the regency after the death of Louis the Thirteenth, King of France, the wars of Paris and Guienne, the imprisonment of the princes, Cardinal Mazarin's letter to Monsieur de Brienne, articles agreed upon by His Royal-Highness and Monsieur le Prince for the expulsion of Cardinal Mazarin, an apologie for the Duke de Beaufort, memoirs of Monsieur de la Chastre by François La Rochefoucauld ( Book )
7 editions published between 1683 and 1684 in English and held by 116 libraries worldwide

The new complete letter writer, or, The art of correspondence containing letters on the following subjects, business, friendship, love and marriage ( Book )
6 editions published in 1802 in English and held by 116 libraries worldwide

La justification de l'amour by François La Rochefoucauld ( Book )
2 editions published in 1971 in French and held by 115 libraries worldwide

Maximes & reflexions diverses by François La Rochefoucauld ( Book )
2 editions published in 1929 in French and held by 95 libraries worldwide

Maxims and moral reflections by François La Rochefoucauld ( Book )
28 editions published between 1775 and 1906 in English and French and held by 83 libraries worldwide