A Woman's Affair

by Liane de Pougy

Book Overview

This is the first English translation of Liane de Pougy's 1901 novel A Woman's Affair (Idylle Saphique) which shocked French readers with its lesbian lover story, and is based on Liane de Pougy's affair with Natalie Barney.

Despite her beauty and her riches, Annhine de Lys, one of the most notorious courtesans of 1890s Paris, is bored and restless. Into her life bursts Flossie, a young American woman, and everything changes. The love...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912868482
• ISBN13: 9781912868483
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Dedalus
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 7.7"