Everyman's Library Classics Series: Memoirs of a Nun : Introduction by P. N. Furbank (Hardcover)

from ocgreg34

"The Marquis de Croismare's reply, if he does reply, will serve as the opening lines of this tale." With these first words, the tale of Suzanne Simonin, a young woman barely in her twenties, who wishes to leave a Paris convent. She describes to the Marquis through her various letters how she came...

from jonfaith

Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land.Given the untimely arrival of our Arctic Vortex, it i...

from jonfaith

Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land.Given the untimely arrival of our Arctic Vortex, it i...

from autumnesf

i was surprised I liked this book but I did. It was interesting to read about a life style so severe that the rich used to pawn off unwed daughters.

from ocgreg34

"The Marquis de Croismare's reply, if he does reply, will serve as the opening lines of this tale." With these first words, the tale of Suzanne Simonin, a young woman barely in her twenties, who wishes to leave a Paris convent. She describes to the Marquis through her various letters how she came...