Letters from a Peruvian Woman
- Letters from a Peruvian Woman
Infobox Book
name = Lettres from a Peruvian Woman
title_orig = Lettres d'une Péruvienne
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image_caption = Title page from first edition of "Lettres d'une Péruvienne"
author = Madame de Graffigny
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country = France
language = French
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genre = Epistolary novel
publisher = A. Peine
pub_date = 1747
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media_type = Print
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"Letters from a Peruvian Woman" ( _fr. Lettres d'une Péruvienne) is a 1747 epistolary novel by Françoise de Graffigny. It tells the story of Zilia, a young Incan princess, who is abducted from the Temple of the Sun by the Spanish during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. In a series of letters to her fiancé Aza, who is also the Sapa Inca, Zilia tells the story of her capture, her rescue by French sailors, her befriending of the captain Déterville, and her introduction to French society.
Like Montesquieu's "Lettres persanes," "Lettres d'une Péruvienne" presents a satirical view of French life, particularly the conditions of French women, through the eyes of an outsider. Zilia talks about language, literature, philosophy, education, and child rearing, among other subjects.
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