We swallow greedily any lie that flatter us, but we sip only little by little a truth we find bitter

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Tells the story of a novice held in a convent against her will and forced to undergo unusual spiritual trials

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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.

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by Denis Diderot

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by Denis Diderot