TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grafigny
AU  - Mallinson,G.J.
TI  - Letters of a Peruvian woman
T2  - Oxford world's classics
SN  - 9780191548987
AV  - PQ1986.L4 E4 2009eb
U1  - 843/.5 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Peruvians
KW  - France
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Women
KW  - Péruviens
KW  - Romans, nouvelles, etc
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - fast
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Mœurs et coutumes
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - novels
KW  - aat
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Novels
KW  - Romans
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxii-xxxv); Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text and Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Françoise de Graffigny; LETTERS OF A PERUVIAN WOMAN; Appendix 1: Cultural Background; Appendix 2: French Continuations; Appendix 3: English Adaptations; Appendix 4: The Education of Young Women; Explanatory Notes; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - Graffigny's bold and original novel tells the story of Zilia, an Inca Virgin, rescued from the Spanish and brought to France. Separated from her lover and her culture, she recounts her experiences and personal growth. To this fine new translation are appended extracts from Graffigny's chief source and other writers' fictional responses. - ;'It has taken me a long time, my dearest Aza, to fathom the cause of that contempt in which women are held in this country ... '. Zilia, an Inca Virgin of the Sun, is captured by the Spanish conquistadores and brutally separated from her lover, Aza. She is re
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