Les Demi-Vierges by Marcel Prévost
"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.)
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| Author | Prévost, Marcel, 1862-1941 |
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| Title | Les Demi-Vierges |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_%22demi-vierges%22 |
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This Etext was prepared by Walter Debeuf, Project Gutenberg Volunteer, digibooks.ibelgique.com/ |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Young women -- France -- Social conditions -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 11747 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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