Memoirs of a Nun
Author(s): Denis Diderot; Francis Birrell (Translator)
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.
General Information
- :
- : Everyman
- : Everyman's Library
- : 0.412
- : 04 June 1992
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Denis Diderot; Francis Birrell (Translator)
- : Hardback
- : 320