{"product_id":"theresa-the-philosopher-the-anne-gabriel-meusnier-de-querlon-9781955392020","title":"Theresa the Philosopher \u0026 The Carmelite Extern Nun: Two Libertine Novels from 18th-Century France","description":"\u003ci\u003eTheresa the Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e, by the marquis dʼArgens (purportedly), was published in 1748, over 270 years ago - before the modern era, before the Napoleonic phenomenon, before the Directorate, before the French Revolution. It is a happy tale with a happy ending, with not a little bit of hanky-panky slapped in between. Compared to Samuel Richardson's \u003ci\u003ePamela\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1740, which was the first modern (albeit English) novel, whose characters are more than two-dimensional and whose story depends more on what happens inside the mind of the characters than, say, where a boat might go (like \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e for example) - \u003ci\u003eTheresa the Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e is scandalous. Compared to the marquis de Sade's \u003ci\u003eJustine\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in 1791, it may seem tame. According to the marquis de Sade, \u003ci\u003eTheresa the Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e \"achieved happy results from the combining of lust and impiety... [it] gave us an idea of what an immoral book could be.\"\u003ci\u003eThe Carmelite Extern Nun\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Anne-Gabriel Meusnier de Querlon, and published one year earlier, in 1747, is another whopper. It is the \"Amorous True Story [of Saint Nitouche], the Carmelite Extern Nun, Written by Herself, and Addressed to her Mother Superior.\" It is anticlericalism, antiestablishmentarianism, and eroticism - the three main pillars or themes, sometimes even agendas, of the 18th century libertine novel - all in one short, but fast-paced, scandalous sack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne-Gabriel Meusnier De Querlon, Marquis D'Argens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955392021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955392020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunny Lou Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Anne-Gabriel Meusnier De Querlon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944831484159,"sku":"9781955392020","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5501a673-9f44-41bd-874b-33c5c2271a91.jpg?v=1681505296","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theresa-the-philosopher-the-anne-gabriel-meusnier-de-querlon-9781955392020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}