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Russell Goulbourne (trans) and
Denis Diderot
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
July 28, 2005
Pages
189
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780192804303
ISBN-10
0192804308
Dimensions
0.25 by 5 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$12.95
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
'This novel takes the life of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent as its subject matter and provides an insight into the effects of forced vocations'--Provided by publisher.
Amazon.com description: Product 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 into the effects of forced vocations and the unnatural life of the convent. A succès de scandale at the end of the eighteenth century, it has attracted and unsettled readers ever since. For Diderot's novel is not simply a story of a young girl with a bad habit; it is also a powerfully emblematic fable about oppression and intolerance.
This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material, which he placed, disconcertingly, at the end of the novel, and which turns what otherwise seems like an exercise in realism into what is now regarded as a masterpiece of proto-modernist fiction.
This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material, which he placed, disconcertingly, at the end of the novel, and which turns what otherwise seems like an exercise in realism into what is now regarded as a masterpiece of proto-modernist fiction.
Editions
Paperback
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With Russell Goulbourne (other contributor) |
from Oxford Univ Pr (July 28, 2005)
9780192804303 | details & prices | 189 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $12.95
About: 'This novel takes the life of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent as its subject matter and provides an insight into the effects of forced vocations'--Provided by publisher.
About: 'This novel takes the life of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent as its subject matter and provides an insight into the effects of forced vocations'--Provided by publisher.
With Anson John Pope (other contributor), Richard Kostelanetz (other contributor) |
from Schirmer Books (May 1, 1997); titled "The B.B. King Companion: Five Decades of Commentary"
9780028646190 | details & prices | 300 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $15.00
This edition also contains The B.B. King Companion: Five Decades of Commentary
This edition also contains The B.B. King Companion: Five Decades of Commentary
Reprint edition from Penguin Classics (November 1, 1977)
9780140443004 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $14.00
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