Adapting The Princess of Cleves to a modern language format, this book offers a new, readable translation of Madame de La Fayette's masterpiece. The work is supplemented by an Introduction and general critical commentary which aid in the proper understanding of the seventeenth-century novel. This version differs from earlier translations by including a 'Who's Who' section of brief biographical character sketches, providing the reader with a clarificaton and explanation otherwise unavailable.