Lettre et éducation Des manuels épistolaires à Louise d'Épinay, Marie-Élisabeth de La Fite et Stéphanie Félicité de Genlis

The educational literature finds an efficient way in the epistolary form to dispense a pedagogical program and not to be victim of the didactism of the usual treaties often considered being boring. This article wants to point out the metamorphosis of the education letter from the analysis of letter writing manuals and three texts of female educators of the Enlightenment (L. d’Épinay, M.-É. de La Fite, F. de Genlis).