PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tureková, Andrea
TI  - The dilemma between love and virtue and the feminine claim in Mme Riccoboni's Lettres d'Adélaïde de Dammartin
DP  - 2015 Dec 1
TA  - Romanica Olomucensia
PG  - 281--290
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/ro.2015.023
IS  - 18034136
AB  - This paper proposes an analysis of Mme Riccoboni's Lettres d'Adélaïde de Dammartin by connecting this novel to two particular works to which it deliberately refers, namely La Princesse de Clèves by Mme de Lafayette and the Mémoires du comte de Comminge by Mme de Tencin. The analysis is then oriented towards the problem of the heroine's internal dilemma between love and virtue, which is enriched by Mme Riccoboni with considerations on the status of women and particularly on the issue of marriage.