was published anonymously by T. Jolly in Paris in 1662. Handwritten copies of the work had been circulating for some time before, leading the author to complain that the novella 'is racing all over the place, but happily not under my name'. Recent critical editions are: Cuénin, Micheline (ed.) Histoire de la Princesse de Montpensier sous le règne de Charles IXe Roi de France et Histoire de la Comtesse de Tende, Geneva, Droz, 1979. Esmein-Sarrazin, Camille (ed.) Madame de Lafayette, Œuvres complètes'', Paris, Gallimard in the collection Bibliothèque de La Pléiade, 2014. Reception After over 350 years the book is still widely read in France, where for the 2017–18 academic year it was a set book in the baccalauréat littéraire, the first time in the history of the examination that a work by a woman author had been included. Its inclusion made the book a core part of the syllabus, as one of the two major works studied in the school year. Adaptations An adaptation for cinema was the 2010 film The Princess of Montpensier, directed by Bertrand Tavernier and scripted by him and Jean Cosmos from a treatment by François-Olivier Rousseau, which starred Mélanie Thierry as the conflicted heroine. The film was included alongside the novella in the French baccalauréat in order to offer a comparative analysis. Notes References 1662 novels 17th-century French novels Novels by Madame de La Fayette Works published anonymously