Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette (1634-1693), French novelist, revolutionized the 17th-century novel by abandoning the excessive length and extravagance of précieuse ...
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Madame de Lafayette, born Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne but known as the comtesse de Lafayette after her marriage, came from a family of the noblesse de robe (class who gained their nobility thr...
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La Fayette, Comtesse de
Marie (Madelaine Pioche de la Vergne) La Fayette, Comtes