The nun

Denis Diderot

Original title: La Religieuse

earliest edition we have, 1972 Insel, 1976 325 pages

Insel Taschenbuch ; — book 31

"This novel takes the life of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent as its subject matter and provides an insight into the effects of forced vocations"--Provided by publisher.

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This book in English

Russell Goulbourne 1 printing we hold · 2005 · Oxford University Press, USA

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Editions we hold

The nun edition · 2008 · Oxford University Press · 189 pages · 9780199555246
The Nun (Oxford World's Classics) edition · 2005 · Oxford University Press, USA · 234 pages
Die Nonne edition · 1976 · Insel · 325 pages
The nun edition · 1974 · Penguin Books · 188 pages
The nun edition · 1972 · Folio Society · 168 pages

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