num_pages: 249
description: 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.
language: English
title: Memoirs of a Nun
titlecomplete: Memoirs of a Nun
characters: Sister Ursule, Father Lemoine, Sister Thérèse, Dom Morel, Suzanne Simonin, Mother de Moni, Monsieur Manouri, Sister Sainte-Christine
genres: Religion, Philosophy, French Literature, Novels, School, 18th Century, Literature, Classics, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 7165
places: France
publisher: Everyman's Library