Marthe: The Story of a Whore
by Joris-Karl Huysmans
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One of the first French novels to tackle the subject of prostitution, this story centres on would-be actress Marthe who lives in one of the lowest dives in Paris and her ultimately doomed relationship with Leo, a romantic searching for something to take place of lost illusions."Tags
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Door en door naturalistische evocatie van een marginaal vrouwenleven en haar entourage in Parijs, tweede helft 19de eeuw.
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- Canonical title
- Marthe: The Story of a Whore
- Original title
- Marthe, histoire d'une fille
- Original publication date
- 1876
- People/Characters*
- Marthe; Ginginet; Léo
- Important places*
- Paris, France
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- 6 — Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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- Paper, Ebook
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- 12
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