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    The Nun by Denis Diderot (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Nun by Denis Diderot (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Nun by Denis Diderot (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    The Nun by Denis Diderot (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of The Nun with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Nun by Denis Diderot, a novel which fiercely criticises the cruelty and excesses of the Church. Through the main character, the innocent novitiate Suzanne Simenon, and the ordeals she undergoes at two convents, the author condemns the power that has been placed in the hands of the sadistic nuns and delivers a passionate argument in favour of freedom of thought and expression. The Nun was published posthumously in 1796 and was an immediate success, as its support of tolerance, justice and liberty was seen as a clear illustration of the values of the French Revolution. Denis Diderot was a leading writer of the Enlightenment in the 18th century, and wrote novels, plays, philosophical dialogues and essays.

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    • Character studies
    • Key themes and symbols
    • Questions for further reflection

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateSep 22, 2017
    ISBN9782808004404
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      The Nun by Denis Diderot (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      French writer, philosopher and encyclopaedia editor

      Born in Langres, France, in 1713.

      Died in Paris in 1784.

      Notable works:

      Encyclopaedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Crafts (1751-1772), encyclopaedia

      Addendum to the Journey of Bougainville (1772), philosophical tale

      Jacques the Fatalist and His Master (1778), novel

      Denis Diderot was a contemporary of Montesquieu, Rousseau and Voltaire, and one of the leading figures of the Enlightenment, an 18th-century philosophical movement devoted to reason and knowledge. The movement rejected despotism and obscurantism, and strongly advocated for reflection, which was seen as the antithesis of crime and ignorance, in works that were often combative and wilfully transgressive. Consequently, knowledge, morality and religion are recurring themes in Diderot’s work.

      Diderot tried his hand at a wide range of literary genres, including novels (The Nun), plays (The Natural Son), philosophical dialogues (Jacques the Fatalist) and essays (Paradox of the Actor). His magnum opus remains the Encyclopaedia,

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