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1、’COLLECTEDMAXIMSANDOTHERREFLECTIONSFLR,amemberofaprominentFrencharistocraticfamily,wasborninParisin.Hewasmarriedattheageofandtookpartinhisfirstmilitarycampaignthefollowingyear.Forthenextquarterofacenturyheparticipateda
2、ctivelyinmilitarylife,supportingtheinterestsofthehereditaryFrencharistocracynotonlyagainstforeignarmies,butattimesalsoagainstthekingandhischiefminister(RichelieuunderLouisXIII,MazarinunderLouisXIV).WhenLouisXIVfinallygainedcontrolofParisin,LaRochefoucauldretired
3、frompubliclife.In–hebegantocomposethesayingspublishedinasRéflexionsouSentencesetMaximesmorales(MoralReflectionsorSententiaeandMaxims).Theworkwascarefullyrevisedseveraltimes,itsfifthandfinalauthorizededitionappearingin.LaRochefoucaulddiedinParisin.Manyf
4、urthermaxims,andthenineteenessaysnowknownastheRéflexionsdiverses(Miscel-laneousReflections),werepublishedposthumouslyfromhismanuscripts.E.H.andA.M.BandFGhavetranslatedTwelvePlaysbyAlfreddeMussetandGeorgeSand’sFiveComediesandTheDevil’sPoolandOther
5、Stories.E.H.andA.M.BlackmorehavealsoeditedandtranslatednineothervolumesofFrenchliterature,including,inOxfordWorld’sClassics,SixFrenchPoetsoftheNineteenthCentury,TheEssentialVictorHugo,andStéphaneMallarmé’sCollectedPoemsandOtherVerse.TheirworkhasbeenawardedtheAmeric
6、anLiteraryTranslators’AssociationPrizeandtheModernLanguageAssociationScaglionePrizeforLiteraryTransla-tion.Theirotherpublicationsincludeliterarycriticismandstudiesinpsy-cholinguisticsandgrammaticalawareness.’ForoveryearsOxfordWorld’sClassicsh
7、avebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithovertitles––fromthe,-year-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels––theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbacksoftheearlyyearscontainedintro
8、ductionsbyVirginiaWoolf,T.S.Eliot,GrahamGreene,andotherliteraryfigureswhichenrichedtheexperienceofreading.Todaytheseriesisrecognizedforitsfineschol