Memoirs of a nun

Author(s)

• Diderot, Denis
• Birrell, Francis

Bibliographic Information

Memoirs of a nun

Denis Diderot ; translated from the French by Francis Birrell

（Everyman's library, 90）

David Campbell , Distributed by the Random Century, 1992

Uniform Title

Religieuse

Note

Bibliography: p. xxiii

Translation of: La religieuse

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Together with Voltaire, Diderot was a remarkable figure of the French Enlightenment, as a philosopher, journalist and novelist. In this book, a young girl's enforced enclosure in a convent gives Diderot the chance to explore themes such as religious hypocrisy and sexual repression.

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• NCID: BA18123558
• ISBN:
  • 1857150902
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: London,London
• Pages/Volumes: xxix, 249 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 843.5
  • NDC8 : 953
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA19122415