The Indiscreet Jewels by Sophie Hawkes, Denis Diderot

The Indiscreet Jewels

Sophie Hawkes, Denis Diderot

285 pages first pub 1748 (editions)

fiction classics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Indiscreet Jewels (also translated as The Talking Pussy) is perhaps the most daring of Diderot's 'philosophical' novels—a fearlessly libertine fable on the order of such ribald classics as "Boccaccio" and "Rabelais." Published in 1748, this fi...

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