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Uniform Title: Le livre du duc des vrais amants. English
Title: The Book of the Duke of True Lovers
Note: Reading ease score: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Produced by Katherine Ward, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net
Summary: "The Book of the Duke of True Lovers" by Christine de Pisan is a medieval romantic narrative written in the early 15th century. This tale is likely a romanticized account of a love story involving nobility, potentially based on true events from the author's time. The story revolves around an unnamed prince, referred to as the Duke of True Lovers, who confides his emotional struggles with love to the author, seeking her help to convey his experiences and feelings. The opening of the book introduces the Duke and his profound longing for a lady whom he has encountered during his youthful explorations. As he navigates his feelings of admiration, vulnerability, and ultimately desire, he recounts a series of events that lead to his fall into love. The Duke candidly expresses the delight and tumult that love brings to his life, including the various encounters with his beloved and the deep emotional pain stemming from unreciprocated feelings. This intricate and heartfelt narrative sets the stage for a medieval exploration of love’s trials, emotions, and the societal challenges faced by lovers in that period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Christine, de Pisan, 1364?-1431?
Editor: Kemp-Welch, Alice
Translator: Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943
Translator: Maclagan, Eric Robert Dalrymple, 1879-1951
EBook No.: 36737
Published: Jul 14, 2011
Downloads: 170
Language: English
Subject: Love poetry, French -- Translations into English
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Uniform Title: Le livre du duc des vrais amants. English
Title: The Book of the Duke of True Lovers
Note: Reading ease score: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Produced by Katherine Ward, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net
Summary: "The Book of the Duke of True Lovers" by Christine de Pisan is a medieval romantic narrative written in the early 15th century. This tale is likely a romanticized account of a love story involving nobility, potentially based on true events from the author's time. The story revolves around an unnamed prince, referred to as the Duke of True Lovers, who confides his emotional struggles with love to the author, seeking her help to convey his experiences and feelings. The opening of the book introduces the Duke and his profound longing for a lady whom he has encountered during his youthful explorations. As he navigates his feelings of admiration, vulnerability, and ultimately desire, he recounts a series of events that lead to his fall into love. The Duke candidly expresses the delight and tumult that love brings to his life, including the various encounters with his beloved and the deep emotional pain stemming from unreciprocated feelings. This intricate and heartfelt narrative sets the stage for a medieval exploration of love’s trials, emotions, and the societal challenges faced by lovers in that period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Christine, de Pisan, 1364?-1431?
Editor: Kemp-Welch, Alice
Translator: Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943
Translator: Maclagan, Eric Robert Dalrymple, 1879-1951
EBook No.: 36737
Published: Jul 14, 2011
Downloads: 170
Language: English
Subject: Love poetry, French -- Translations into English
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.