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One of the most popular novels of the eighteenth century, Letters of a Peruvian Woman fuses sentimental fiction and social commentary, creating a new kind of heroine defined by her intellect as much as her feelings, and challenging traditional assumptions about the role of women both in fiction and society. This first fully annotated English translation includes a comprehensive introduction, appendices containing extracts from Graffigny's principal source as well as contemporary French and English adaptations and continuations of the novel.
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Jonathan Mallinson is Lecturer in French at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of Trinity College.
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