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Les garements du cur et de l'esprit
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'Les garements du cur et de l'esprit ou Mmoires de M. de Meilcour' (French: 'Strayings of the Heart and Mind, or Memoirs of M. de Meilcour') is a novel by Crbillon fils, which appeared in three parts from 1736 to 1738. It is apparently unfinished, though critics differ on whether this was a deliberate decision of the author or whether he intended to finish it.
It concerns the "education" of a rich young nobleman, M. de Meilcour, at the hands of characters including his first lover, the middle-aged Mme de Lursay; his mentor, the libertine Versac; the female libertine Mme de Snanges; and his true love, the young and virtuous Hortense de Thville.
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos may have included an allusion to 'Les garements' in his novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses', in naming a minor character Vressac.
The novel was translated into English as 'The Wanderings of the Heart and Mind' in 1751, and by Barbara Bray as 'The Wayward Head and Heart' in 1963.
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* Title: Les garements du coeur et de l'esprit; ou, Mmoires de Mr. de Meilcour
* Author Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crbillon
* Editor Dufour, 1779
* 346 pages
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