Loti, Pierre 1850-1923 creator text utu 2006 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Madame Chrysanthème" by Pierre Loti is a novel published in 1888. Inspired by the author's own experience, it tells the story of a young French naval officer who enters into a temporary marriage with a Japanese woman in Nagasaki. Drawing from Loti's 1885 journey to Japan, the novel captured French fascination with the Far East and achieved immense success. This practice of contractual marriages between foreigners and Japanese women was common in the Japanese empire at the time, despite its considerable cost. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Chrysanth%C3%A8me_(novel) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Chrysanth%C3%A8me Release date is 2006-05-09 Produced by Chuck Greif and www.ebooksgratuits.com Original publication data not identified Japan -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18358 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18358 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133429.0 18358