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Title: Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos,
the Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century
Author: Robinson [and] Overton, ed. and translation.
Release Date: January 10, 2004 [EBook #10665]
Language: English
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LIFE, LETTERS
AND
EPICUREAN PHILOSOPHY
OF
NINON
DE L'ENCLOS
The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century
ROBINSON--OVERTON
1903
CONTENTS
LIFE OF NINON DE L'ENCLOS
CHAPTER I
Ninon de l'Enclos as a Standard
CHAPTER II
Considered as a Parallel
CHAPTER III
Youth of Ninon de l'Enclos
CHAPTER IV
The Morals of the Period
CHAPTER V
Ninon and Count de Coligny
CHAPTER VI
The "Birds" of the Tournelles
CHAPTER VII
Effect of Her Mother's Death
CHAPTER VIII
Her Increasing Popularity
CHAPTER IX
Ninon's Friendships
CHAPTER X
Some of Ninon's Lovers
CHAPTER XI
Ninon's Lovers (Continued)
CHAPTER XII
The Villarceaux Affair
CHAPTER XIII
The Marquis de Sevigne
CHAPTER XIV
A Family Tragedy
CHAPTER XV
Ninon's Bohemian Environments
CHAPTER XVI
A Remarkable Old Age
LETTERS TO THE MARQUIS DE SEVIGNE
INTRODUCTION TO LETTERS
I--A Hazardous Undertaking
II--Why Love Is Dangerous
III--Why Love Grows Cold
IV--The Spice of Love
V--Love and Temper
VI--Certain Maxims Concerning Love
VII--Women Expect a Quid Pro Quo from Men
VIII--The Necessity for Love and Its Primitive Cause
IX--Love Is a Natural Inclination
X--The Sensation of Love Forms a Large Part of a Woman's Nature
XI--The Distinction Between Love and Friendship
XII--A Man in Love Is an Amusing Spectacle
XIII--Vanity Is a Fertile Soil for Love
XIV--Worth and Merit Are Not Considered in Love
XV--The Hidden Motives of Love
XVI--How to Be Victorious in Love
XVII--Women Understand
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