La Religieuse

denis diderot

XVIIIe siècle. Suzanne Simonin est contrainte par ses parents de prononcer des voeux forcés au terme de son noviciat. Pour de prétendues raisons financières, ceux-ci ont préféré enfermer leur fille au couvent. Mais en réalité, c'est parce qu'elle est un enfant illégitime et que sa mère espère ainsi expier sa faute de jeunesse. À son arrivée, elle rencontre la supérieure de Moni, avec qui elle se lie d'amitié.
Mais celle-ci perd la foi avant de mourir. Arrive alors une nouvelle supérieure : Sainte-Christine. Lorsqu'elle apprend que Suzanne désire rompre ses vœux, la supérieure opère un véritable harcèlement moral et physique sur Suzanne. Désormais, la vie de la pauvre novice est faite de brimades et d'humiliations permanentes…

Genres classicsfictionfrancefrench literature18th centuryphilosophyreligionliteraturenovelshistorical fiction

252 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1796

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Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1993 by Bookking International
ISBN: 9782877141895
ASIN: 2877141896
Language: French

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About the author

denis diderot

Work on the Encyclopédie (1751-1772), supreme accomplishment of French philosopher and writer Denis Diderot, epitomized the spirit of thought of Enlightenment; he also wrote novels, plays, critical essays, and brilliant letters to a wide circle of friends and colleagues.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert contributed.

This artistic prominent persona served as best known co-founder, chief editor, and contributor.

He also contributed notably to literature with Jacques le fataliste et son maître (Jacques the Fatalist and his Master), which emulated Laurence Sterne in challenging conventions regarding structure and content, while also examining ideas about free will. Diderot also authored of the known dialogue, Le Neveu de Rameau (Rameau's Nephew), basis of many articles and sermons about consumer desire. His articles included many topics.

Diderot speculated on free will, held a completely materialistic view of the universe, and suggested that heredity determines all human behavior. He therefore warned his fellows against an overemphasis on mathematics and against the blind optimism that sees in the growth of physical knowledge an automatic social and human progress. He rejected the idea of progress. His opinion doomed the aim of progressing through technology to fail. He founded on experiment and the study of probabilities. He wrote several articles and supplements concerning gambling, mortality rates, and inoculation against smallpox. He discreetly but firmly refuted technical errors and personal positions of d'Alembert on probability.