The Nun

by Denis Diderot, Russell Goulbourne (Translator)

Overview

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 into the effects of forced vocations and the unnatural life of the convent. This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191604591
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	04/14/2005
Series:	Oxford World's Classics Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	730,031
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Russell R. Goulbourne is lecturer in French at the University of Leeds, England.