Description: "A collection of dramatized moral maxims composed by Madame de Maintenon, the wife of King Louis XIV of France, and the founder of a school for the daughters of impoverished noble families, meant to prepare the girls for lives as dutiful mothers, wives, and managers of middling-level households"--
Brief description: Paige Tierney is visiting assistant professor of French at Wake Forest University.
Review Quotes: "These short playlets, written by Françoise de Maintenon as classroom exercises for younger students in the school she directed at Saint-Cyr, have great historical importance and are enjoyable to read. They are preceded by an excellent introduction that gives a thorough account of Maintenon's biography and pedagogical ideas, as well as the significance of her texts."-- "Perry Gethner (1947-2023), Former head of the Department of Languages and Literatures, Regents Professor of Foreign Language, Oklahoma State University"