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A figure in French society and literary circles, she numbered Madame de La Fayette and La Rochefoucauld among her close friends, went to the plays of Corneille, Racine and Moliere, kept an alert eye on court scandal and the intrigues of the King's mistresses, and followed political events from the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to the arrival in France of James II. All this, the people, the places and conversations, as well as Madame de Sevigne's own personal and family preoccupations, are discussed in her letters. They form a fascinating documentary on her life and age, related as they are with a vivacious sense of humour and a rare descriptive gift that combines with a love of nature unusual in her time.
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