Book Cover of The Letters of a Portuguese Nun

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun

by Mariana Alcoforado

This is a series from a Portuguese nun to her French lover who has abandoned her, and it shows the anger and frustration of a lost love and the feeling of betrayal from a nun's prespective.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

Portuguese

Published In

1669

Authors

Mariana Alcoforado  image

Sóror Mariana Alcoforado was a Portuguese nun living in the convent of the Poor Clares in Beja, Portugal. Debate continues as to whether Mariana was the real Portuguese author of the Letters o...

Books by Mariana Alcoforado

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

Destinées de la poésie Cover image

Destinées de la poésie by Alphonse de Lamartine

This book is a reflection on literature by Alphonse de Lamartine, a man of letters, also a poet, and an active politician. It is a meditation on the d...

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07 Cover image

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07 by Various

This seventh volume of "The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern" presents a curated collection of literary works by various aut...

Inscription For A Stone Cover image

Inscription For A Stone by William Cowper

This poem, penned by William Cowper, is an inscription for a stone marking the planting of an oak grove at Chillington, the estate of T. Giffard. It's...

Gossip in a Library Cover image

Gossip in a Library by Edmund Gosse

In "Gossip in a Library," Edmund Gosse, a renowned literary figure of the Victorian era, invites readers into his personal collection of books. Throug...

Essay on Criticism Cover image

Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism is a seminal work by Alexander Pope, published in 1711. It is a treatise on the principles of literary criticism, offering guida...

Good Hours Cover image

Good Hours by Robert Frost

LibriVox volunteers bring you 41 different recordings of Good Hours by Robert Frost. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 9th,...

Ueber Buergers Gedichte Cover image

Ueber Buergers Gedichte by Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller's essay "Über Bürgers Gedichte" is a critical analysis of the work of Gottfried August Bürger, a German poet known for his ballads...

Greatest Thing in the World and Other Addresses Cover image

Greatest Thing in the World and Other Addresses by Henry Drummond

The Greatest Thing in the World is a collection of religious addresses by Henry Drummond. The book's title essay is a classic exposition of the Christ...

The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins Cover image

The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins by John Churton Collins

John Churton Collins was a literary critic who lived from 1848-1908. In 1904 John Collins became professor of English literature at Birmingham Univers...

Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others Cover image

Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow

"I have known, and loved, and studied many cats, but my knowledge of her (Pretty Lady, a cat) alone would convince me that cats love people--in their...

Reviews for The Letters of a Portuguese Nun

No reviews posted or approved, yet...