The Nun Paperback - 1974
by Denis Diderot; Leonard Tancock (Translator); Introduction by Leonard Tancock
From the rear cover
Denis Diderot (1713-84), editor of the Encyclopedie and supreme figure of the Enlightenment, began writing The Nun as a practical joke.The joke got out of hand and resulted in one of the most remarkable novels of the eighteenth century. Through the story of a girl without a religious vocation, enclosed against her will in the unnatural environment of a convent, Diderot takes issue with misconceived Christianity in a social system where the civil law protects the persecutor and penalizes the victim. In an atmosphere intense with gossip, intrigues, favouritism, persecutions and pettiness, Diderot exposes the young nun to what he regards as the four great dangers of convent life: madness, the paralysing effect of a powerful saintly personality, sadistic cruelty, and febrile sexuality.
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- Title The Nun
- Author Denis Diderot; Leonard Tancock (Translator); Introduction by Leonard Tancock
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1974-05-30
- ISBN 9780140443004 / 0140443002
- Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5.16 x 0.47 in (19.56 x 13.11 x 1.19 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Nuns - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 74172728
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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