Jacques the Fatalist

by Denis Diderot · first published 1796

Jacques the Fatalist and his Master (French: Jacques le fataliste et son maître) is a novel by Denis Diderot, written during the period 1765–1780. The first French edition was published posthumously in 1796, but it was known earlier in Germany, thanks to Schiller's partial translation, which appeared in 1785 and was retranslated into French in 1793, as well as Mylius's complete German version of 1792.

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Genre:

Philosophical fiction, Narrative

Original language:

French

Year page:

1796