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Jean de La Bruyère: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born August 1645 • Paris • France
Died May 10, 1696 or May 11, 1696 • Versailles • France
Notable Works “Characters, or the Manners of the Age, with The Characters of Theophrastus”

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Jean de La Bruyère, detail of an engraving by Pierre Drevet from Saint-Jean's frontispiece of a 1697 edition of Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec avec Les Caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle.
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Portrait painting of French dramatist Moliere, shown with long curly hair, a mustache, and wearing a richly detailed robe, by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse after Pierre Mignard.
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