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Eloisa: or, A series of original letters is the first English translation of Julie, ou…
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- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Form
- novel
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 76639 *** Eloisa: Or, a Series of Original Letters Collected and published by J.J. Rousseau Translated from the French. In Four Volumes. The Second Edition. London: Printed for R. Griffiths, at the Dunciad, and T. Becket and P.A. DeHondt at Tully's Head, in the Strand. MDCCLXI. Translation of M. Rousseau’s Preface Great cities require public theatres, and romances are necessary to a corrupt people. I saw the manners of the times, and have …
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