BENJAMIN F. SLEDD, M.A., LITT. D. AND J. HENDREN GORRELL, M.A., PH. D. PROFESSORS IN WAKE FOREST COLLEGE Mme. de la Fayette, whose maiden name was Marie-Magdeleine Pioche de La Vergne, was born at Paris in 1634. Her father belonged to the lesser nobility, and was for awhile governor of Pontoise, and later of Havre. Her mother was sprung from an ancient family of Provence, among whom, says Auger, literary talent had long been a heritage; but the mother herself--if we are to believe Mme. de La Fayette's biographers--possessed no talent save that of intrigue. This opinion of Mme. de La Vergne, however, rests mainly upon the testimony of Cardinal de Retz; and may it not be that Mme. de La Fayet…
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