Les Demi-Vierges
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_%22demi-vierges%22 Release date is 2004-03-01
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"Les Demi-Vierges" by Marcel Prévost is a novel published in 1894. The story centers on Maud de Rouvres, a bourgeois young woman who manipulates her suitors by granting intimacy while preserving her virginity for a wealthy husband. Her calculated games with two admirers—the elegant but poor Julien and the rich Maxime—lead to jealousy, betrayal, and tragedy. The novel explores several such "demi-vierges" navigating the boundaries between virtue and desire in French society, sparking controversy upon its release. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Young women -- France -- Social conditions -- Fiction