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The Nun (Oxford World's Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Denis Diderot
Creator: Russell Goulbourne
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 234
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0192804308
Dewey Decimal Number: 843.5
EAN: 9780192804303
ASIN: 0192804308
Publication Date: April 14, 2005
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A Hard Hitting Novel February 22, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you have heard of this book and its portrayal of lesbianism in a convent, you will be disappointed. This is not a sex story and has only very mild titillation.
Russell Goulbourne presents here a brilliant new translation of this powerful novel, and also provides a very illuminating introduction. If you are aware of the famous incident at Loudon you will have some idea of what went on in convents. This story is set at a later date, in the eighteenth century, and looks at the phenomenom of a practice quite prevalent then, especially in France. Families would place their children into monasterys or convents if they were illegitimate (as in this book), or couldn't provide suitable marriage dowries, amongst many other reasons. This resulted in what amounts to imprisonment for the rest of their lives of innocent people.
Suzanne, the heroine of our novel is eventually forced into becoming a nun, amongst persecution, bullying, and humiliation. Around her she sees madness, abuse of power and despair, eventually contemplating suicide herself. When she is moved to another convent she encounters lesbianism and sexual jealousy.
This novel is a very powerful portrayal of what was happening in those times and looks at intolerence and oppression, subjects that are still of concern in these days. It is quite easy to see why this was a bestseller in its day, and why it still enthralls readers today.
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