Project Gutenberg 2018-06-26 Public domain in the USA. 547 Guilleragues, Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne, vicomte de 1628 1685 De Guilleragues, Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne, vicomte De Lavergne, Gabriel Joseph, vicomte de Guilleragues Lavergne, Gabriel Joseph de, vicomte de Guilleragues Alcoforado, Mariana 1640 1723 Alcoforado, Marianna Prestage, Edgar 1869 1951 83189877 Lettres portugaises. English & French The Letters of a Portuguese Nun Traditionally ascribed to M. Alcoforado, these letters are now attributed to Guilleragues. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_a_Portuguese_Nun Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Letters of a Portuguese Nun" by Guilleragues is a collection of fictional letters written in the 17th century. The narrative centers around the passionate correspondence of Marianna Alcoforado, a nun, expressing her deep emotional turmoil and unfulfilled love for Noel Bouton, a French officer. The letters delve into themes of love, longing, betrayal, and the constraints of her cloistered life. At the start of this poignant tale, the reader is introduced to Marianna's heart-wrenching reflections upon the departure of her lover and the despair that ensues from their separation. In her first letter, she grapples with feelings of betrayal and sorrow, lamenting how the joy of their past encounters has turned bitter. Marianna's emotional state is painted vividly as she oscillates between hope and despair, pleading for her lover's fidelity, while also recognizing the impossibility of her situation as a cloistered nun. Her passionate pleas reveal a depth of feeling that accompanies her turmoil, setting a compelling tone for the intimate confessions that follow throughout the letters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en fr Epistolary fiction Alcoforado, Mariana, 1640-1723 -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: French Literature 263661 2025-07-23T04:26:19.450776 text/html 269857 2018-06-26T11:22:58 text/html 408369 2025-07-23T04:26:24.665847 application/epub+zip 407760 2025-07-23T04:26:20.475798 application/epub+zip 160106 2025-07-23T04:26:19.983800 application/epub+zip 492745 2025-07-23T04:26:27.722789 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370970 2025-07-23T04:26:24.200849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219106 2022-08-25T18:34:47.589276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202492 2025-07-23T04:26:18.905806 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 202683 2018-06-26T11:22:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20773 2025-07-23T04:26:27.874788 application/rdf+xml 24892 2025-07-23T04:26:20.095785 image/jpeg 3400 2025-07-23T04:26:20.038801 image/jpeg 76502 2018-06-26T11:23:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 395029 2018-06-26T11:23:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 414759 2025-07-23T04:26:19.502801 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia