Julie, or the New Heloise Letters of Two Lovers Who Live in a Small Town at the Foot of the Alps

Name: Julie, or the New Heloise Letters of Two Lovers Who Live in a Small Town at the Foot of the Alps
Price: 129.97 USD
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ISBN: 9780874518252

ISBN-10: 0874518253

ISBN-13: 9780874518252

Edition: 1997

Authors: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philip Stewart, Jean Vachï¿½, Philip Stewart, Jean Vachï¿½

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An elegant translation of one of the most popular novels of its time. Rousseau's great epistolary novel, Julie, or the New Heloise, has been virtually unavailable in English since 1810. In it, Rousseau reconceptualized the relationship of the individual to the collective and articulated a new moral paradigm. The story follows the fates and smoldering passions of Julie d'Etange and St. Preux, a one-time lover who re-enters Julie's life at the invitation of her unsuspecting husband, M. de Wolmar. The complex tones of this work made it a commercial success and a continental sensation when it first appeared in 1761, and its embodiment of Rousseau's system of thought, in which feelings and…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Dartmouth College
Publication date: 10/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 760
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.80" tall
Weight: 2.618