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This French novel described a young woman's simultaneous intellectual and sexual awakenings, depicting her journey through a convent that was a den of sexual pleasure and eventually becoming the erotically fulfilled lover of an aristocrat.
One French novel, Thrse et Philosophe, or Therese the Philosopher, described a young woman's simultaneous intellectual and sexual awakenings.
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Episode: Revolution | The Independent Woman | 4
This French novel described a young woman's simultaneous intellectual and sexual awakenings, depicting her journey through a convent that was a den of sexual pleasure and eventually becoming the erotically fulfilled lover of an aristocrat.
One French novel, Thrse et Philosophe, or Therese the Philosopher, described a young woman's simultaneous intellectual and sexual awakenings.
The book was a huge hit in the mid-1700s.