Eloisa: or, A series of original letters
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- First published
- 1761
- Pages
- 492Digital editionReference edition
- Reading time
- About 10 hours20 half-hour sittings
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- Not set
A little about the story
Rousseau develops a love story through letters, giving private feeling and social obligation room to argue with each other.
The letters make it possible to see a judgment change between one exchange and the next. Private commitments have consequences because each writer imagines an audience and a social world beyond the person receiving the letter.
Is it for you?
You’ll enjoy it if you like
- eighteenth-century correspondence
- love constrained by obligation
- long reflective novels
Choose it if you enjoy the intimacy of correspondence. The extended reflections give the story a deliberate pace.
Things You May Not Know About Eloisa
- Eloisa is an English title for the work. The novel is also known as Julie, or The New Heloise.
- The novel is epistolary. Its letters are the main means of presenting events and arguments.
About this edition
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