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A decadent, erotic novel concerning a tangle of affairs and alaises. Period-typical gender fluidity plays a strong part which lends well to a transgender reading; it also contains several references to Rachilde's genderqueer works, Monsieur Vénus and Madame Adonis.
Written by Paul Devaux as Dr. Luiz.
The book was successfully prosecuted for obscenity, and Devaux was sentenced to a year in jail with a 2,000-franc fine.
Also see:
- Figures of the Pre-Freudian Unconscious from Flaubert to Proust (2017) by Michael R. Finn. Cambridge University Press. (ISBN: 9781107184565). p215.
Editions:
- Paris : Union des Bibliophiles (1888) Cover seen at UBC.
- QuestionDeGenre / GKC (2011) reprint contains appendices, including the story "Côté des dames" by Devaux as Gygès. (ISBN: 9782908050714)
