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For reading in the bath / Catulle Mendès ; translated and with an introduction by Brian Stableford.

LIBRA - Limited PQ2359.M5 A6 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mendès, Catulle, 1841-1909, author.
Contributor:
Stableford, Brian M., translator, writer of introduction.
Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Standardized Title:
Short stories. Selections. English
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
French fiction.
Paris (France)--Fiction.
Paris (France).
French fiction--19th century--Translations into English.
Erotic stories.
France--Paris.
Genre:
Erotic fiction.
Fiction.
Short stories.
Translations.
Physical Description:
139 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Snuggly Books, [2019]
Summary:
"For Reading in the Bath, here presented in English for the first time in a delightful translation by Brian Stableford, is one of a number of risqué collections of ultra-short fiction produced by Catulle Mendès (1841-1909) during the fin de siècle. Always poetic, often perverse, and sometimes even chaste, these highly amusing, masterfully constructed tales of amour and immorality, featuring a large cast of Parisian characters, including the ubiquitous Valentin and the many women he pursues, are confections of great artistry that will be happily savored by anyone with a longing for suggestive treats."--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Isn't it bath time ...?
The duesl
Empty nests
The good friend
The veil
The good resolution
The village Mardi Gras
Burning water
The advance guard
Juliette Victorious
Mesdemoiselle Ménechme
The defoliated name
The portrait
Zut!
Her lips
Under the oleanders
In the twenty-first century
The three hats
Thérèse's Chemise
A Castilian Adventure
The caged kiss
The eclogue in the boudoir
The talking image
The eiderdown
A romantic adventure
Mendicant amour
Encounter
The recompensed lover
Acoording to a panel
The indiscreet individual
The good drinker
The rat
Juliette at the window
The little faun
A prompt girl
The good aunt
The window display
At a fast gallop
The three drawers
Good information
The devotee
Ingenuousness
Golden froth
Juliette's breast
The actor
The innocent
The good eater
The questionnaire
Poor amour
The coronet
Pierre and Pierrette
Now, readers ...
ISBN:
9781943813889
1943813884
OCLC:
1083607525

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