Mademoiselle de Maupin

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Mademoiselle de Maupin
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Mademoiselle de Maupin

Théophile Gautier
Edition year 1948
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Mark Severin
Translator R. and E. Powys Mathers
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 288
Dimensions 22.7 × 17.4 cm

Edition details

Mademoiselle de Maupin by Théophile Gautier. Translated by R. and E. Powys Mathers. 8 illustrations by Mark Severin. Bound in cream cloth blocked with a blue and gold pattern. Cream dust-jacket printed in red and black. 288pp. 22.7x17.4cm.

About the book

Théophile Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin is a romantic and provocative novel concerned with beauty, identity and desire. The story follows characters whose relationships become complicated by disguise and uncertainty about gender and attraction. Gautier uses the plot to explore artistic freedom and the pursuit of beauty while challenging conventional ideas about morality and social behaviour.

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