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The Nun (Diderot)
The Nun (Diderot)
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The Parisian girl Suzanne Simonin tells the sad story of her semi-forced, semi-voluntary entry into a convent. However, the humiliations and the regime of monastic life soon become too much for her, and she decides to cause a scandal in order to return to the profane world. Once back home, after a conversation with her confessor and mother, she says: persuade her to try her luck again in a second convent, where a loving Mother Superior takes care of her. However, the Mother Superior also develops a physical passion for Suzanne. The lessons in love she receives from her come to light and cause a scandal that will ruin them both. The Nun, written in 1760 and not published until 1796, was long considered an offensive and pornographic novel. However, Diderot's primary intention was to write an anticlerical novel. He partly drew the material for this from the unhappy life of his own sister. This new translation by Mirium de Veth also includes Diderot's preface, which shows the double meaning of this novel. Denis Diderot (1713-1784) is one of the great and brilliant writers in the history of French literature. His name is inextricably linked to the Encyclopédie, product of the Enlightenment, of which he was the founder and main author. De Arbeiderspers previously published his Letters from Sophie in the Privé-domein series.
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