Niece of Sister Lamo

Author: Denis Diderot
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: "The Nun" and "Rameau's Nephew" are two outstanding novels by Denis Diderot, the great 18th-century French Enlightenment thinker. "The Nun" tells a tragic story. The innocent young girl Susanna Simonin, who harbors beautiful ideals about life, is forced by her family to take vows as a nun and suffers various physical and mental torments in the convent. Her unfortunate fate exposes the hypocrisy and cruelty of religious cloistered life. The dialogue novel "Rameau's Nephew" is a shocking work that, through the words of the shameless character "Rameau's Nephew," reveals the corruption of high society and offers some original insights on morality, art, and other issues.