About:
Jacques Soran, an young French nobleman, attempts to ignore his attraction to men by falling in love with woman. He rejects one of his lovers, an woman, when he learns that she is intersex and married to a docile wife. Finally, he discovers the 17-year old boy he loves with his mistress and goes insane.
Written by Alphonse Berty as Henri d'Argis. Contains a preface by Paul Verlaine.
The narrative believes victimhood is carried across hereditary lines. It is the companion text to Gomorrhe (1889).
Editions
- Paris : Alphose Piaget (1888) 30 copies. Seen at Bibliothèque Gay.
- Paris : Alphose Piaget (1889) Reissued with a pictoral cover to match its companion volume, Gomorrhe (1889), seen at Bibliothèque Gay.
Also see:
- Bibliothèque Gay (Mar 28, 2009 & Oct 10, 2020)
- "Proust and Ambient Medico-Literary Homosexualities 1885-1922" (2012) by Michael Finn.
