The Nun - 9780199555246

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.

• | By (Author): Denis Diderot
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 11, 2008
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0199555249
• | ISBN-13: 9780199555246