Liebesbriefe einer portugiesischen Nonne
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Mariana Alcoforado Book order (chronological)
April 22, 1640 – July 28, 1723
Mariana Vaz Alcoforado was a Portuguese nun whose life became inextricably linked with her convent in Beja. Her name is most famously associated with the Letters of a Portuguese Nun, a collection that delves into themes of forbidden love and emotional turmoil. While authorship of these letters remains a subject of scholarly debate, with some attributing them to another writer, the narrative of a devoted nun and her passionate, though perhaps unrequited, affections has resonated through centuries. Her alleged affair with a French officer cemented the fame of her convent within literary circles.
The Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
- 48 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Stendhal wrote in " Life of Rossini" " It is necessary to have loved as implacably as the Portuguese Nun, and with all the unquenchable ardour of which she has left us so vivid an echo in her immortal Letters" First published in 1668 by then small Parisian bookseller Claude Barbin, the Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (known in French as " Portuguese Letters translated into French" or " Portuguese Letters" ) witnessed immediate success. It is one of the first fictional epistolary novels that inspired many to come in French literature, such as Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and Julie by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The Love Letters comprise of five love letters written by a Portuguese nun cloistered in the Franciscan convent of Beja to the French officer who went to Portugal to support the Portuguese in their war of independence against the Spanish and had loved her and left her. The letters showcase a remarkable depth of psychological insight into the inner workings of a woman in love, bearing witness to a gradual yet pivotal development of self-awareness and an elegantly controlled depiction of passion.
Domnělé autentické milostné dopisy ze 17. století, dopisy portugalské jeptišky Marianny Alcoforadové francouzskému šlechtici de Chamillymu. Teprve nyní na základě (zahraničních) odborných studií bylo objeveno, že jde o umělecké dílo francouzského autora (1628-1685), podílejícího se významně na politickém, společenském a kulturním životě doby Ludvíka XIV.