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The Inca princess Zilia is kidnapped by Spanish conquerors, captured by the French after a battle at sea, and taken to Europe.Graffigny's brilliant novel offered a bold critique of French society, delivered one of the most vehement feminist protests in eighteenth-century literature, and announced -- fourteen years before Rousseau's Julie, or the New Eloise -- the Romantic tradition in French literature.Graffigny, Francoise De is the author of 'Lettres D'Une Peruvienne' with ISBN 9780873527774 and ISBN 0873527771.
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