This Is Not a Story and Other Stories

by Denis Diderot

Book Overview

Diderot has been admired as a novelist, philosopher, and encyclopedist, but he is less well known as a writer of short fiction. This volume presents his five remarkable philosophical tales including "This Is Not a Story," "On the Inconsistency of Public Opinion Regarding Our Private Action," and "Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage," as well as "The Two Friends From Bourbonne" and "Conversation of a Father with His Children: or the Danger of Setting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192829580
• ISBN13: 9780192829580
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.5" x 7.3"