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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère — Jean de La Bruyère

The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 390 pages

The Characters is a collection of moral essays and satirical portraits by Jean de La Bruyère. It observes vanity, ambition, conversation, women, wealth, and human nature in 17th-century court and town life with wit and irony. It is worth listening for its sharp insight and vivid picture of a society.

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Contents

  1. THE “CHARACTERS”
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.
  4. INTRODUCTION.
  5. A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR
  6. PREFACE.
  7. I. OF WORKS OF THE MIND.
  8. II. OF PERSONAL MERIT.
  9. III. OF WOMEN.
  10. IV. OF THE AFFECTIONS.
  11. V. OF SOCIETY AND OF CONVERSATION.
  12. VI. OF THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE.
  13. VII. OF THE TOWN.322
  14. VIII. OF THE COURT.
  15. IX. OF THE GREAT.
  16. X. OF THE SOVEREIGN AND THE STATE.487
  17. XI. OF MANKIND.
  18. XII. OF OPINIONS.
  19. XIII. OF FASHION.
  20. XIV. OF CERTAIN CUSTOMS.
  21. XV. OF THE PULPIT.831
  22. XVI. OF FREETHINKERS.853
  23. FOOTNOTES:
  24. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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