Bernardin de Saint-Pierre – Paul and Virginia [Mint Editions] (retail) (epub)
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Name: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre – Paul and Virginia [Mint Editions] (retail) (epub)
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Title: Paul and Virginia
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Language: English
Year: 2020
Subjects: N/A
Publisher: West Margin Press
ISBN: 9788366084926
Total pages: 266 str.
Description:
Paul and Virginia (1788) is a novel by Bernardin de St. Pierre. Inspired by his experiences in Mauritius as a young man, the novel was written for children and adults alike. In its depiction of an ideal lifestyle on an island where equality and harmony reign, Paul and Virginia is a sharp critique of social conditions in pre-Revolutionary France. It is also a fascinating, albeit problematic artifact of the colonial era, arguing for emancipation while suggesting that slaves could live happily and with dignity under the right conditions. Beloved by such figures as Thomas Carlyle, Honoré de Balzac, and Alexander von Humboldt, the once-popular novel is largely unknown to modern readers. "On the eastern coast of the mountain which rises above Port Louis in the Mauritius, upon a piece of land bearing the marks of former cultivation, are seen the ruins of two small cottages. Those ruins are situated near the centre of a valley, formed by immense rocks, and which opens…
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