The Nun
The first major new translation of this classic novel for thirty years, Russell Goulbourne's edition is based on the latest scholarship and includes a comprehensive introduction and notes
Includes the all-important prefatory material, placed by Diderot at the end of the novel, and missing from recent translations
The lively introduction covers Diderot's career, his subversion of the conventions of novel-writing, the representation of lesbianism and film adaptations
The notes not only illuminate the novel but also eighteenth-century French society
The first major new translation of this classic novel for thirty years, Russell Goulbourne's edition is based on the latest scholarship and includes a comprehensive introduction and notes
Includes the all-important prefatory material, placed by Diderot at the end of the novel, and missing from recent translations
The lively introduction covers Diderot's career, his subversion of the conventions of novel-writing, the representation of lesbianism and film adaptations
The notes not only illuminate the novel but also eighteenth-century French society
The first major new translation of this classic novel for thirty years, Russell Goulbourne's edition is based on the latest scholarship and includes a comprehensive introduction and notes
Includes the all-important prefatory material, placed by Diderot at the end of the novel, and missing from recent translations
The lively introduction covers Diderot's career, his subversion of the conventions of novel-writing, the representation of lesbianism and film adaptations
The notes not only illuminate the novel but also eighteenth-century French society