Trois Femmes: Nouvelle De L'abbé De La Tour - Brossura

De Charrire, Isabelle

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ISBN 10: 0873529405 ISBN 13: 9780873529402

Casa editrice: Modern Language Assn of Amer, 2007

Riassunto

In the aftermath of the French Revolution, three women who have fled France—the straitlaced aristocrat Emilie, her lighthearted maid Joséphine, and the worldly Constance—try to make new lives for themselves in Altendorf, Germany. Their experiences, difficulties, and choices address the philosophical question, Are moral theories adequate guides to good conduct?

In her introduction to this late-eighteenth-century novel by Charrière, Emma Rooksby discusses the sentimental tradition, Enlightenment ideas, epistolary fiction, Charrière's career, and the difficult situation of women and women writers in postrevolutionary France.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Isabelle de Charrière, born in 1740 to a Dutch aristocratic family, wrote several novels critical of rigid social conventions. She lived most of her life in Switzerland. Emma Rooksby has a Doctorate of Philosphy from Murdoch University.

Isabelle de Charrière, born in 1740 to a Dutch aristocratic family, wrote several novels critical of rigid social conventions. She lived most of her life in Switzerland.

Emma Rooksby has a Doctorate of Philosphy from Murdoch University.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Modern Language Assn of Amer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Francese
• ISBN 10: 0873529405
• ISBN 13: 9780873529402
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 206
• Redattore: Rooksby Emma
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile