Vénus dans le cloître, ou la religieuse en chemise Nouvelle édition enrichie de figures gravées en taille douce

by Jean Barrin

"Vénus dans le cloître, ou la religieuse en chemise" by Jean Barrin is a work of erotic fiction published in 1683. Through a series of dialogues between two nuns—sixteen-year-old Sister Agnès and nineteen-year-old Sister Angélique—the book depicts the sexual education of an innocent young woman by her experienced elder. The conversations challenge conventional religious restrictions, exploring themes of bodily desire and philosophical freedom within convent walls. This controversial example of the "whore dialogue" genre uses seduction and debate to question the boundaries between spiritual devotion and earthly pleasure.