title: The Princess of Cleves: Contemporary Reactions, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)
author:  Madame de La Fayette 
description: John D. Lyons is Commonwealth Professor of French at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1987; he was previously professor of French and Italian at Dartmouth College. He is the author of A Theatre of Disguise, The Listening Voice, and Exemplum. He co-edited Mimesis: From Mirror to Method, The Dialectic of Discovery, and Critical Tales: New Studies of the Heptameron and Early Modern Culture.
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  Title: La Princesse De Clèves  
    
  Author: Mme de La Fayette  
    
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  [INTRODUCTION.](@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@20262@20262-h@20262-h-0.htm_split_005.html#INTRODUCTION)  
  
  
  [LA PRINCESSE DE CLÈVES. PREMIÈRE
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