| Author: | Denis Diderot | ISBN: | 9780375712821 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | March 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library | Language: | English |
| Author: | Denis Diderot |
| ISBN: | 9780375712821 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | March 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
