Project Gutenberg 2005-11-11 Public domain in the USA. 177 Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de 1675 1755 De Rouvroy, Louis, duc de Saint-Simon Rouvroy, Louis de, duc de Saint-Simon Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin 1804 1869 Delorme, Joseph Sainte-Beuve, C.-A. (Charles Augustin) Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, C. A. Taine, Hippolyte 1828 1893 Taine, H. A. (Hippolyte Adolphe) Taine, Hippolyte Adolphe Graindorge, Frédéric-Thomas Graindorge, Frederic-Thomas Mémoires du duc de Saint-Simon Siècle de Louis XIV, la régence, Louis XV Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Gallica - Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Mireille Harmelin, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Mémoires du duc de Saint-Simon" by duc de Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon is a historical account likely written in the early 18th century. This work delves into the intricate social and political dynamics of the French court during the reign of Louis XIV and into the Regency period. It offers a detailed portrayal of court life, exposing the vanity, intrigue, and moral complexities of its characters, particularly focusing on the interactions of the nobility and their manipulations of power. The opening of the memoir sets the stage for Saint-Simon's reflections on the limitations imposed by the courtiers' lives filled with etiquette and competition for favor. He critiques the superficial nature of courtly interactions while capturing the essence of characters through vivid anecdotes. The groundwork laid early demonstrates Saint-Simon's acute observational skills and his intent to unveil the truth behind the façades of nobility, highlighting the tension between personal ambition and the rigid structures of power that defined the era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715 France -- History -- Regency, 1715-1723 France -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774 DC Text FR Histoire Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 171835 171607 2024-10-07T13:36:19.757458 2023-09-08T04:23:31.015826 text/html text/html 167474 2020-12-12T20:57:59 text/html; charset=utf-8 65950 2020-12-12T20:57:59 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 153695 2024-10-07T13:36:26.589920 application/epub+zip 155705 2024-10-07T13:36:23.408942 application/epub+zip 133124 2024-10-07T13:36:22.085958 application/epub+zip 314515 2024-10-07T13:36:29.045909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304928 2024-10-07T13:36:25.732945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162739 2022-09-08T08:58:05.659189 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 160870 2024-10-07T13:36:19.390465 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 160815 2020-12-12T20:57:59 text/plain; charset=utf-8 63624 2020-12-12T20:57:59 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 157029 2020-12-12T20:57:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 62970 2020-12-12T20:57:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 24500 2024-10-07T13:36:29.181905 application/rdf+xml 16773 2024-10-07T13:36:22.623931 image/jpeg 4070 2024-10-07T13:36:22.353939 image/jpeg 155173 2024-10-07T13:36:19.774475 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia