Memoirs of a Nun

Book 0: Everyman's Library Classics Series

by Denis Diderot

Genres: Literary Fiction

Synopsis

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.

Release date: March 18, 2015

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Print pages: 280