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Diderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders. A novel mingling mysticism, madness, sadistic cruelty and nascent sexuality, it gives a scathing insight into the effects of forced vocations and the unnatural life of the convent. This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material.
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The Nun, Denis Diderot
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- Released
- 2010
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- The Nun
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Denis Diderot
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 189
- ISBN10
- 0199555249
- ISBN13
- 9780199555246
- Series
- Tags
- Religious Topics, Philosophical Topics, Love, Sci-Fi, Classics, France, Literary Fiction, Fun, French Literature, Violence, Satire, 18th century, Fate, Intrigues, Enlightenment, Monasteries, Abbeys, Humorous Sci-Fi, Nuns, Hypocrisy
- First published
- 1780
- Original title
- La Religieuse
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Diderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders. A novel mingling mysticism, madness, sadistic cruelty and nascent sexuality, it gives a scathing insight into the effects of forced vocations and the unnatural life of the convent. This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material.