Les bijoux indiscrets

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Title The Indiscreet Jewels
Author Denis Diderot
Original title Les bijoux indiscrets
Country France
Language French
Publisher
Released 1748

Les bijoux indiscrets (English title: The Indiscreet Jewels) was Denis Diderot's first novel, published anonymously in 1748. It is an allegory that portrays Louis XV as the sultan Mangogul of the Congo who owns a magic ring that makes women's genitals ("jewels") talk.

A comparable trope that Diderot must have known is found in the ribald fabliau Le Chevalier Qui Fist parler les Cons.


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