Monsieur Vénus
, by Hawthorne, Melanie; Hawthorne, Melanie; Constable, Liz; Constable, Liz; Hawthorne, MelanieNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780873529303 | 0873529308
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/1/2004
When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule's suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue. A writer and cultural arbiter of a salon in France from the early 1880s until 1930, Rachilde (Marguerite Eymery) won celebrity with this scandalously decadent novel.