The Characters of Jean de La Bruyère

Newly Rendered into English by Henri Van Laun

These 1,119 aphoristic writings provide a unique view of the height of 17th-century French culture.

Bibliographic Record Preface

Contents

NEW YORK: SCRIBNER & WELFORD, 1885
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2011

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