La nouvelle Héloise ou Lettres de deux amans habitans d'une petite ville au pied des Alpes

<p><i>La nouvelle Héloise ou Lettres de deux amans habitans d'une petite ville au pied des Alpes</i> is an epistolary novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau published in 1761. This is Volume 2 of the collected letters. The novel tells the story of a passionate love affair between Julie d'Étange a young noblewoman and her tutor Saint-Preux set against the backdrop of the Swiss Alps. Their love is forbidden due to social constraints and the novel explores themes of passion virtue social class and the conflict between individual desires and societal expectations. Rousseau's work is celebrated for its emotional intensity and its profound influence on the Romantic movement. La nouvelle Héloise remains a landmark of French literature offering a compelling exploration of love morality and the human condition.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>