Letters of a Peruvian woman / Françoise de Graffigny ; translated with an introduction and notes by Jonathan Mallinson

Captured by Spanish conquistadores and brought to France, an Inca princess records her impressions of European society in letters to her betrothed. This eighteenth-century novel examines themes of cultural displacement, gender, and the nature of civilisation.

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Accession Number: 28491

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France -- Social life and customs French fiction/French literature/France -- Literatures