The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère
by Jean de La Bruyère
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Contents
- List of Embellishments
- Introduction
- A Biographical Memoir
- Preface
- I. Of Works of the Mind
- II. Of Personal Merit
- III. Of Women
- IV. Of the Affections
- V. Of Society and of Conversation
- VI. Of the Gifts of Fortune
- VII. Of the Town
- VIII. Of the Court
- IX. Of the Great
- X. Of the Sovereign and the State
- XI. Of Mankind
- XII. Of Opinions
- XIII. Of Fashion
- XIV. Of Certain Customs
- XV. Of the Pulpit
- XVI. Of Freethinkers