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189 pages • first pub 1796 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199555246
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 November 2008
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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 i...
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189 pages • first pub 1796 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199555246
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 November 2008
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 i...
Community Reviews
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