Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de 1737-1814 creator text utu 2006 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Paul and Virginia" by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre is a novel published in 1788. Set on the island of Mauritius under French rule, it tells the story of two friends raised together from birth who fall in love. Living in isolation amidst tropical landscapes, they lead an idyllic life of virtue and simplicity until family circumstances force a separation. Written on the eve of the French Revolution, the novel explores the corruption of natural innocence by French upper-class artificiality and critiques eighteenth-century social divisions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_et_Virginie Release date is 2006-03-26 Dagny; John Bickers and David Widger Updated: 2023-01-29. Original publication data not identified Slavery -- Fiction Love stories Friendship -- Fiction Shipwrecks -- Fiction Mauritius -- Fiction Death -- Fiction Charity -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2127 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2127 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133054.0 2127