Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- VOL I Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- LETTER I From the Baron d’ Almane to the Viscount de Limours.
- LETTER II Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER III The Countess d’ Ostalis, to the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER IV Viscountess de Limours, to the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER V Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER VI Viscountess de Limours to the Baroness
- LETTER VII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER VIII Answer from the Viscountess
- LETTER IX Answer from the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER X Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XI Answer from the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER XII The Baroness to the Countess d’ Ostalis
- LETTER XIII Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XIV The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XV The same to the same
- LETTER XVI Baron d’ Almane to the Viscount de Limours
- LETTER XVII Viscount to the Baron d’ Almane
- LETTER XVIII Answer from the Baron d’ Almane, to the Viscount de Limours
- LETTER XIX From the same to the same
- LETTER XX From the Baron d’ Almane to the Viscount de Limours
- LETTER XXI From the Baroness d’ Almane, to Madame d’ Ostalis
- LETTER XXII The Baroness d’ Almane, to the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER XXIII Answer from the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER XXIV From the Count de Roseville, Brother to the Viscountess de Limours, to the Baron d’ Almane
- LETTER XXV The Viscountess to the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER XXVI Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXVII Answer from the Viscountess Limours
- LETTER XXVIII From the Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXIX From the same to the same
- LETTER XXX Answer from the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER XXXI Answer from the Baroness
- LETTER XXXII From the Viscountess, in Answer
- LETTER XXXIII From the Chevalier d’ Herbain, to the Baron d’ Almane
- LETTER XXXIV Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXXV From the same to the same
- LETTER XXXVI The Count de Roseville to the Baron d’ Almane
- LETTER XXXVII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXXVIII Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XXXIX Answer from the Baroness
- LETTER XL The same to the same
- LETTER XLI Same to the same
- LETTER XLII Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XLIII Madame d’ Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER XLIV Answer from the Baroness to Madame d’ Ostalis
- LETTER XLV The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XLVI From the same to the same
- LETTER XLVII Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER XLVIII Baron to the Viscount
- LETTER XLIX Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER L Madame d’ Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER LI From the Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER LII Answer from the Barones
- LETTER LIII From the same to the same
- LETTER LIV The Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER LV Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER LVI The Baroness to Madame d’ Ostalis
- LETTER LVII The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER LVIII The Baroness to Madame d’ Ostalis
- LETTER LIX Madame de Valcy to Madame de Germeuil
- LETTER LX The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER LXI The Baroness to Madame d' Ostalis
- LETTER LXII Madame de Valcy to Mons. de Creny
- LETTER LXIII Madame d' Almane, to Madame de Valmont
- VOL II Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- VOL III ADELAIDE AND THEODORE
- Course of Reading pursued by Adelaide, from the Age of six Years, to Twenty-two
- Index
- Endnotes
LETTER LXII - Madame de Valcy to Mons. de Creny
from VOL I - Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- VOL I Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- LETTER I From the Baron d’ Almane to the Viscount de Limours.
- LETTER II Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER III The Countess d’ Ostalis, to the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER IV Viscountess de Limours, to the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER V Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER VI Viscountess de Limours to the Baroness
- LETTER VII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER VIII Answer from the Viscountess
- LETTER IX Answer from the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER X Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XI Answer from the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER XII The Baroness to the Countess d’ Ostalis
- LETTER XIII Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XIV The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XV The same to the same
- LETTER XVI Baron d’ Almane to the Viscount de Limours
- LETTER XVII Viscount to the Baron d’ Almane
- LETTER XVIII Answer from the Baron d’ Almane, to the Viscount de Limours
- LETTER XIX From the same to the same
- LETTER XX From the Baron d’ Almane to the Viscount de Limours
- LETTER XXI From the Baroness d’ Almane, to Madame d’ Ostalis
- LETTER XXII The Baroness d’ Almane, to the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER XXIII Answer from the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER XXIV From the Count de Roseville, Brother to the Viscountess de Limours, to the Baron d’ Almane
- LETTER XXV The Viscountess to the Baroness d’ Almane
- LETTER XXVI Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXVII Answer from the Viscountess Limours
- LETTER XXVIII From the Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXIX From the same to the same
- LETTER XXX Answer from the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER XXXI Answer from the Baroness
- LETTER XXXII From the Viscountess, in Answer
- LETTER XXXIII From the Chevalier d’ Herbain, to the Baron d’ Almane
- LETTER XXXIV Baroness d’ Almane to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXXV From the same to the same
- LETTER XXXVI The Count de Roseville to the Baron d’ Almane
- LETTER XXXVII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXXVIII Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XXXIX Answer from the Baroness
- LETTER XL The same to the same
- LETTER XLI Same to the same
- LETTER XLII Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XLIII Madame d’ Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER XLIV Answer from the Baroness to Madame d’ Ostalis
- LETTER XLV The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XLVI From the same to the same
- LETTER XLVII Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER XLVIII Baron to the Viscount
- LETTER XLIX Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER L Madame d’ Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER LI From the Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER LII Answer from the Barones
- LETTER LIII From the same to the same
- LETTER LIV The Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER LV Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER LVI The Baroness to Madame d’ Ostalis
- LETTER LVII The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER LVIII The Baroness to Madame d’ Ostalis
- LETTER LIX Madame de Valcy to Madame de Germeuil
- LETTER LX The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER LXI The Baroness to Madame d' Ostalis
- LETTER LXII Madame de Valcy to Mons. de Creny
- LETTER LXIII Madame d' Almane, to Madame de Valmont
- VOL II Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- VOL III ADELAIDE AND THEODORE
- Course of Reading pursued by Adelaide, from the Age of six Years, to Twenty-two
- Index
- Endnotes
Summary
You desire me to explain myself. You see plainly I am discontented. In vain you seek to find out the reason. Since you are neither delicate nor penetrating enough to divine it, I am going to tell it you. You love me, I have no doubt of it: but it is in a manner I do not approve. Incapable of feigning, detesting art and constraint, I have neither been able to disguise nor conceal the sentiments I had for you. Nobody is ignorant of it. You ought at least to justify by your conduct the preference you have obtained from me, but you take a directly contrary method. When we are alone, you speak to me of your passion, of the excess of your love, which forms a conversation with little variety, and which at the end of a twelve-month might weary the most constant woman. Sure of possessing your heart, all these protestations are useless; the repetition tires one; the very idea makes one melancholy. When you talk of your happiness, it is with so serious a tone, that really by your appearance and manner of speaking one would think you was in despair. For Heaven's sake, let me have a little variety, for I cannot bear this any longer. But, on the other hand, when we are in company together, you pursue other methods which are still more insupportable to me. You scarcely seem to look at me; then every thing employs you, every thing pleases you, except me. In your general conversations, love, according to your opinion, is only imagination and folly. You speak of it with a degree of raillery, which would make one suppose, you did not believe there was such a sentiment; and you call this ridiculous affectation, prudence, and discretion: for my part, I cannot bear it. It is known that I love you; and people would be persuaded from your discourse, that I have only yielded to an imaginary passion; so you deprive me of the only excuse I could make, that of a mutual and ardent attachment.
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- Adelaide and Theodoreby Stephanie-Felicite De Genlis, pp. 163 - 164Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014