Musées de Langres – Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot – Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

In this novel, the adventures of Jacques and his master unfold within an undefined narrative framework: “Where were they going? Does anyone really know where they’re going?” Diderot takes great liberties with the rules of novel writing. He leads his main character, Jacques, from one encounter to the next and digresses in order to confuse his reader and force a reaction. Initially published in instalments in the rather confidential Correspondance littéraire, the novel only reached a wider readership after his death in 1796.