Julie; or, The New Heloise
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| Author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
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| Original title | Lettres de Deux Amans, habitans d'une petite Ville au pied des Alpes |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Epistolary novel |
| Publisher | Marc-Michel Rey |
Publication date | 1761 |
| Publication place | France |
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Julie or the New Heloise (French: Julie ou la nouvelle Héloïse), originally entitled Lettres de Deux Amans, Habitans d'une petite Ville au pied des Alpes (Letters from two lovers, living in a small town at the foot of the Alps), is an epistolary novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published in 1761 by Marc-Michel Rey in Amsterdam. The novel's subtitle points to the history of Héloïse d'Argenteuil and Peter Abélard, a medieval story of passion and Christian renunciation.