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“The peasant of early modern France inhabited a world of step-mothers and orphans, of inexorable, unending toil, and of brutal emotions, both raw and repressed.The human condition has changed so much since then that we can hardly imagine the way it appeared to people whose lives really were nasty, brutish, and short. This is why we need to reread Mother Goose.”

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Robert Darnton
Robert Darnton

Robert Darnton is an American historian renowned for his research on the French Revolution and the Enlightenment era. His works delve into the cultural, political, and social changes of the 18th century. more

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