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Excerpt from Le Jeu De L'amour Et Du Hasard Marivaux's father belonged to an honorable family, originally from Normandy, and one which had occupied judicial positions. He went to Riom, shortly after his son's birth, and then to Li moges, where he was employed in the treasury department. It was unfortunate to drop from the magistracy, la robe, to la finance, but his son's education, although he knew little Latin and less Greek, seems to have been fairly well provided for, as we know that he studied law for a time. He did not, however, follow the profession of a lawyer, but, at the age of eighteen, produced a comedy which gave some indication of future talent. He did not devote himself to literature at this time, but for several years led a pleasant life in Paris in the literary salons of Mme. De Lambert and Mme. De Tencin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.