One reproaches a lover, but can one reproach a husband, when his only fault is that he no longer loves?

On foit des reproches à un amant ; mais en fait-on à un mari, quand on n’a à luy reprocher que de n’avoir plus d’amour?

Madame de La Fayette [Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette]

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Relationship challenges Marriage

Author

Madame de La Fayette [Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette]

Source

La Princesse de Clèves

Medium

Novel

Genre

Historical literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

French

Time

1678 1670s 17th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

La Fayette, Madame de [published anonymously]. La Princesse de Cleves [The Princess of Cleves]. 1678, pt. 4.

Current Citation

La Fayette, Madame de. The Princesse de Cleves, translated by Terence Cave. Oxford University Press, 1992, pt. 4.

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