Lettres de Mistriss Henley publi?es par son amie

Considered by many scholars to be among the most brilliant novels written in French during the eighteenth century, Lettres de Mistriss Henley publi es par son amie was composed as a response to Samuel de Constant's misogynist novel, The Sentimental Husband (1783). Charri re presents six letters penned by a Mistriss Henley, who has chosen a decent and affectionate man as her life's companion only to discover that she cannot bear sharing his life. An immediate success on its publication in 1784…