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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné, was born in Paris on February 5, 1926, a descendant of the Burgundian aristocracy. She lived the intellectual effervescence of the salons of the Grand Siècle, where women administered cultural life. The letters she wrote to her daughter (Countess of Grignan) have gone down in history as a reference of epistolary literature.
"Letters to the Daughter" (Periférica) now brings us back to the essence of this woman, a leading figure in the brilliant court of Louis XIV. We can slip into the daily life of this "salonnière" who stood out for her irony, style and gift for conversation. It is estimated that she wrote more than eight hundred letters to her daughter.
She was a close friend of characters such as Madame de La Fayette or François de La Rochefoucauld. The selection criteria of the epistles (selection and translation by the writer Laura Freixas) has not wanted to omit these references and presents us with fragments that also allow us to enter into these lives.
Orphaned at a very young age (a year after coming into the world she loses her mother and seven years later her father), her aunt and uncle take care of her. At the age of 18 she married Baron Henri de Sévigné, a seductive but wasteful husband, somewhat quarrelsome, who, thanks to his wife's dowry, bought the position of governor.
In 1671 Henri de Sevigné fought a duel for his mistress and lost his life. At the age of 26, Madame de Sévigné is...