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The Indiscreet Jewels (or The Indiscreet Toys, or The Talking Jewels; French: Les Bijoux indiscrets) is the first novel by Denis Diderot, published anonymously in 1748. It is an allegory that portrays Louis XV of France as Mangogul, Sultan of Congo, who owns a magic ring that makes women's vaginas ("jewels") talk.
May 6, 2017 · She had nothing left but her jewels: but her husband had so lately redeem'd them, that she dared not to venture them. Nevertheless she took the cards, and had one of those seducing hands, which fortune sends, when she is on the point of cutting your throat.
Jan 1, 1993 · a visit by the sultan to his genie, gets him a magic ring with which he can materialize in different locations, become invisible, and, by pointing the ring at any woman, hear confessions from her lower labia, euphemistically known as jewels.
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Set in a sultan's court in the Congo, the novel begins with Mangogul (the Sultan) suffering from acute boredom, only to be rescued by a genie offering...
Denis Diderot (1713–1784), a towering philosopher of the French Enlightenment, published an early novel titled Les Bijoux Indiscrets ( [Indiscrete jewels], translated as The Indiscreet Toys in an English edition of 1749) in January 1748 without an author or a publisher name.
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Jan 1, 2021 · The Indiscreet Jewels by Denis Diderot is a remarkable satirical work that intricately weaves allegory and wit. The novel explores themes of power, desire, and political...
