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| Author | Gabriel-Joseph de La Vergne, comte de Guilleragues |
|---|---|
| Original title | Les Lettres Portugaises |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Epistolary fiction |
| Publisher | Claude Barbin |
Publication date | 1669 |
| Publication place | France |
The Letters of a Portuguese Nun (French: Les Lettres Portugaises, literally The Portuguese Letters), first published anonymously by Claude Barbin in Paris in 1669, is a work believed by most scholars[why?] to be epistolary fiction in the form of five letters written by Gabriel-Joseph de La Vergne, comte de Guilleragues (1628–1684), a minor peer, diplomat, secretary to the Prince of Conti, and friend of Madame de Sévigné, the poet Boileau, and the dramatist Jean Racine.