everything about LES CARACTERES

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LET'S TALK ABOUT LES CARACTERES


I hated reading Les Caractères by La Bruyère, but I love the stories behind it and the themes that are addressed. It is a well-written criticism of 17th-century society. It describes the hypocrisy of the aristocracy and the French King’s court. I also enjoyed his thoughts about war and how kings and royalty should manage it.


A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ABOUT LES CARACTERES


La Bruyère only wrote one book (Les Caractères—duh!), but it took him 20 years to finish. He first published it as a translation from the Latin characters of Theophrastus. He then added his own observations and continued to publish the same “translation” with more and more remarks. He was actually describing what he saw because he was a teacher in the royal French court, but he lived there unhappily.

WHAT TO READ IF YOU LIKED READING LES CARACTERES


Really?? You really liked it...?? Anyway, if you did because of the criticism and irony, I think you should read Candide by Voltaire, another French philosopher and writer. There is also Les Fausses Confidences by Marivaux, which explores 18th-century French society with a lot of sarcasm, irony, and criticism.


MY FABOURITE QUOTES FROM LES CARACTERES

"Les hommes rougissent moins de leurs crimes que de leurs faiblesses et de leur vanité" (Translation: "Men blush less about their crimes than about their weaknesses and their vanity")


A SPECIAL LES CARACTERES' PLAYLIST

6 Cello Suites- Anne Gastinel

Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs-Le Concert Des Nations

Improvisation sur les folies d'Espagne (extraits)-Jordi Savall

La Villanella, Seconda parte-L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

J'ai vu le loup, le renard chanter-Vincent Dumestre




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