Liane de Pougy, Courtesan, Sharon

Liane de Pougy, High-Class Courtesan
by Jean Chalon
Translated by Sachiko Kobayakawa
Sakuhinsha, 1999

The most beautiful woman of the Belle Époque. The queen of high society, who served as a model for Proust, Colette, and Cocteau, and the goddess of the Parisian lesbian scene. A masterpiece that, for the first time, reveals her legendary and mysterious life! Winner of the Prix Proust and the Grand Véfour History Prize.

Contents
A Spotless Little Venus - 1869-78
The "Bloody Cat" of the Convent - 1878-85
A Husband Who Was Too Much Like a Husband - July 15, 1886
A Masterpiece of Debauchery - 1889-90
"A First-Class Horizontal" - 1891
Meyrack, Roland, Potocki, and Other Lovers - 1892-95
The Siren of Europe - 1896-97
Another Liane - 1898
Natalie - 1899
A Cash Cow Star - 1900-01 [and others]

I never knew there was such a person. She rose from a poor family to become the best high-class courtesan in Paris, captivated famous people and royalty, married and became a real aristocrat, and finally, as a devout Christian, was called Saint Liane... Truly a tumultuous life.

High-class courtesans who brightly colored the Belle Époque. There was such an era. In her later years, she became religious, but I wonder what she thought of the men she had once ruined. (From a review)

The cover shows some scratches and dents, but the inside is very clean.





Barney



Honya
Honya Biography/Autobiography
Honya Western Culture
Honya Belle Époque
Honya Manners and Customs
Honya Women
Honya Eros
Honya Politics
Honya Western Literature
Honya France
Honya 19th Century
Honya Fin de Siècle
Honya 20th Century
Honya 1920s
Honya Western Music
Honya Religion
Honya Lost Generation