When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Venerande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor ...

When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a po...

Under the assumed name Rachilde, Marguerite Eymery (1860-1953) wrote over sixty works of fiction,...

Gisèle d’Estoc was the pseudonym of a nineteenth-century French woman writer and, it...

Although Renée Vivien led a life of wealth and privilege in belle epoque Paris, she often felt...

Although Renee Vivien led a life of wealth and privilege in belle epoque Paris, she often felt li...

When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Venerande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor ...

Under the assumed name Rachilde, Marguerite Eymery (1860-1953) wrote over sixty works of fiction,...

The Juggler (La Jongleuse) is a 'decadent' novel that was first published in 1900. Its author, Ma...

In this key text from the French decadent movement, an aristocratic young woman becomes enamoured...

Melanie C. Hawthorne is a professor of French at Texas A&M University, College Station. She has a...