Trois Femmes

Modern Language Association

ISBN 10: 0873529405 / ISBN 13: 9780873529402

Editore: MP-MLA Modern Lanuage Assoc, 2007

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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.

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.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Trois Femmes
Casa editrice: MP-MLA Modern Lanuage Assoc
Data di pubblicazione: 2007
Legatura: PAP
Condizione: New