The Story of Sapho

by Madeleine de Scudéry

Book Overview

Ridiculed for her Saturday salon, her long romance novels, and her protofeminist ideas, Madeleine de Scud ry (1607-1701) has not been treated kindly by the literary establishment. Yet her multivolume novels were popular bestsellers in her time, translated almost immediately into English, German, Italian, Spanish, and even Arabic.

The Story of Sapho makes available for the first time in modern English a self-contained section from Scud...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226143996
• ISBN13: 9780226143996
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"