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E-kniha Denis Diderot: The Nun
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Diderot’s The Nun (originally published in French as 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 succes 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 edition includes an extensive introduction and notes about Denis Diderot and this piece, written by Russell Goulbourne.
O autorovi
Denis Diderot[5.10.1713-31.7.1784] Denis Diderot se narodil roku 1713 ve městě Langres ve Francii. Navštěvoval jezuitskou základní školu v Langres. Poté studoval od roku 1732 na College d’Harcourt v Paříži. Knězem se však stát nechtěl, začal studovat práva, což ho brzy přestalo bavit. Otec se ho zřekl, protože Denis se chtěl stát spisovatelem a začal žít bohémským životem. Diderot se spřátelil s...
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