Letters of a Peruvian Woman

Name: Letters of a Peruvian Woman
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ISBN: 9780199208173

ISBN-10: 0199208174

ISBN-13: 9780199208173

Edition: 2009

Authors: Franï¿½oise de Graffigny, Jonathan Mallinson

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It has taken me a long time, my dearest Aza, to fathom the cause of that contempt in which women are held in this country ...' Zilia, an Inca Virgin of the Sun, is captured by the Spanish conquistadores and cruelly separated from her lover, Aza. She is rescued and taken to France by Deterville, a nobleman, who is soon captivated by her. One of the most popular novels of the eighteenth century, the Letters of a Peruvian Woman recounts Zilia's feelings on her separation from both her lover and her culture, and her experience of a new and alien society. Graffigny's bold and innovative novel clearly appealed to the contemporary taste for the exotic and the timeless appetite for love stories. In…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/26/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English