The Nun by Denis Diderot
The Nun by Denis Diderot 法國電影
"Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land."
--Suzanne Simon from MEMOIRS OF A NUN (1796) by Denis Diderot
MEMOIRS OF A NUN, which began as a joke and grew into a masterpiece, was one of the loudest salvos fired in the continuing battles between the clergy and the intelligentsia which defined so much of eighteenth-century French history. Diderot’s story of a novice held in a convent against her will and forced to undergo curious spiritual and sexual trials displays all the brilliance, icy wit, and worldliness of the Enlightenment at its best. READ more here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/memoirs-of-a-nun-by-denis-did…/
