num_pages: 166
description: Diderot has been admired as a novelist, philosopher, and encyclopedist, but he is less well known as a writer of short fiction. This volume presents his five remarkable philosophical tales including "This Is Not a Story," "On the Inconsistency of Public Opinion Regarding Our Private Action,"and "Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage ," as well as "The Two Friends From Bourbonne" and "Conversation of a Father with His or the Danger of Setting Oneself Above the Law," both of which are here translated into English for the first time.
language: English
title: This is Not a Story and Other Stories
titlecomplete: This is Not a Story and Other Stories (The World's Classics)
genres: Fiction, France, Short Stories, Philosophy, Literature, 18th Century, Classics
ratings_count: 207
publisher: Oxford University Press