Rachilde,  1860-1953 <br/><br/>
Monsieur Vénus 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_V%C3%A9nus Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_V%C3%A9nus  Release date is 2011-06-26 
<br/><br/>Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed<br/>Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was<br/>produced from scanned images of public domain material<br/>from the Google Print project.)  Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed<br/>Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was<br/>produced from scanned images of public domain material<br/>from the Google Print project.) 
<br/><br/> "Monsieur Vénus" by Rachilde is a novel written in 1884. French noblewoman Raoule de Vénérande seeks escape from the suffocating ennui of upper-class life through an unconventional relationship with Jacques Silvert, a poor florist. She transforms him through escalating manipulation, subverting gender roles and sexual morality in her pursuit of pleasure and identity. When jealousy and social transgression collide, the arrangement spirals toward a violent confrontation—and an unsettling conclusion that defies conventional mourning. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Sex role -- Fiction Social classes -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction French fiction 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ