By studying the gestures which govern the announcement of news in high-society circles and the way in which current affairs are narrated, this reading of Mme de Sévigné's Correspondance contributes to a history of ways of writing the present and to a poetics of short forms of factual account.
Keyword: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, littérature épistolaire, analyse du discours narratif, formes brèves en littérature, causalité, information, narration, sociabilité, faits divers
