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Memoirs of a Nun, which began as a joke and grew into a masterpiece, was one of the loudest salvos fired in the continuing battles between the clergy and the intelligentsia which defined so much of eighteenth-century French history. Diderot's story of a novice held in a convent against her will and forced to undergo curious spiritual and sexual trials displays all the brilliance, icy wit, and worldliness of the Enlightenment at its best.
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Memoirs of a Nun, Denis Diderot
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- Released
- 1992
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- Title
- Memoirs of a Nun
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Denis Diderot
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Released
- 1992
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 249
- ISBN10
- 0679413243
- ISBN13
- 9780679413240
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Religious Topics, Philosophical Topics, Science Fiction, Love, Classics, France, Fun, Literary Fiction, French Literature, Violence, Satire, Fate, 18th century, Intrigues, Enlightenment, Monasteries, Abbeys, Humorous Sci-Fi, Nuns, Hypocrisy
- First published
- 1780
- Original title
- La Religieuse
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Memoirs of a Nun, which began as a joke and grew into a masterpiece, was one of the loudest salvos fired in the continuing battles between the clergy and the intelligentsia which defined so much of eighteenth-century French history. Diderot's story of a novice held in a convent against her will and forced to undergo curious spiritual and sexual trials displays all the brilliance, icy wit, and worldliness of the Enlightenment at its best.