What happens on the journey? Jacques tells his master his adventures; this story in turn is constantly interrupted by other stories or by Diderot, as narrator, who comes in to tease the reader about the future course of the novel. Diderot is eager to be agreeable, so long as the reader realizes that the fabricator of a novel can as easily proceed in this way as in that. The book foreshadows a number of 19th and 20th century literary techniques, exchanging the rational and classical for shifting perspectives of time, ...
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What happens on the journey? Jacques tells his master his adventures; this story in turn is constantly interrupted by other stories or by Diderot, as narrator, who comes in to tease the reader about the future course of the novel. Diderot is eager to be agreeable, so long as the reader realizes that the fabricator of a novel can as easily proceed in this way as in that. The book foreshadows a number of 19th and 20th century literary techniques, exchanging the rational and classical for shifting perspectives of time, personality, and viewpoint.
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Very Good- 0393009033. Binding tight. Pages unmarked but slightly tanned at edges. Cover has some wear at edges and curl at fore-edge.; 7.9 X 4.9 X 0.9 inches; 320 pages.
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I received the book in good time. it was a little used, which was as described, but all went as expected. Thanks!
Anne M
Jan 29, 2011
Jacques tthe Fatalste and his Master
A real roimp of a read.i Jacues the story of ihis loves and his relatlionship wth his master is hilarious. A must for all those questionin the accepted social order
