The Nun - Denis Diderot & Russell Goulbourne

The Nun

By Denis Diderot & Russell Goulbourne

  • Release Date: 2005-04-14
  • Genre: Classics

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. This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material.