La Religieuse
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This article is about a French novel by Denis Diderot . For other uses, see La Religieuse (disambiguation).
La Religieuse is an 18th century French novel, by Denis Diderot. Completed in c.1780, the work, however, wasn't published until 1796, after his death.
The novel was supposedly begun originally not as a work for literary consumption but as an elaborate practical joke aimed at making a wealthy philanthropist give support to a spurious cause.
La Religieuse was adapted several times for the cinema, most notably in 1966 as La Religieuse (titled The Nun in USA) by Jacques Rivette, starring Anna Karina.
