by Denis Diderot · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266237291
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«La religieuse» is the novel by Denis Diderot, published by Pocket in paperback format (275 pages, in French).
Set in the eighteenth century, it tells the story of Suzanne Simonin, a young woman forced by her parents to take vows in a convent against her will. There she experiences the friendship of the superior of Moni and then the harassment of Mother Sainte-Christine, in a denunciation of clerical oppression, social hypocrisy and the right to choose one's own destiny.
«La religieuse» was published posthumously in 1796. The volume includes a note from the Alphonse Lemerre edition and an extract from Grimm's Correspondance littéraire of 1770.
It is a work for readers of French classics and philosophical novels about individual freedom.
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during the Age of Enlightenment.
