by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre · Independently published · tapa blanda · ISBN 9798742816867
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«Paul et Virginie» is the novel by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, published by Independently published in paperback (175 pages, in French).
A traveller discovers on the Île de France the ruins of two huts and hears from an old man the story of those who lived there: two women raised their children, Paul and Virginie, as siblings, in a natural setting removed from society. The harmony is disrupted by adolescence, a hurricane and Virginie's journey to France, where she must receive an education befitting her rank.
The work first appeared in 1787. The author's full name is Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre; this edition, in French, was published in 2021.
For readers of classic French and eighteenth-century literature, as well as those seeking tales of idealised love and nature.
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel, Paul et Virginie, a very popular 18th-century classic of French literature.
