Writing with a vengeance : the Countess de Chabrillan's rise from prostitution /
Carol Mossman.
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009.
- 1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations.
- University of Toronto romance series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The wages of shame -- Worlds apart: mapping prostitution and the demi-monde -- Fictions of prostitution -- La Sapho, or staging vengeance -- Plotting exoneration -- Chabrillan's final novels, or the uses of fiction.
9781442697195
Chabrillan, Céleste Vénard de, comtesse, 1824-1909. Chabrillan, Céleste Vénard de, comtesse, 1824-1909 --Criticism and interpretation.
Women authors, French--19th century--Biography. Courtesans--France--Biography. Prostitutes in literature. Prostitution in literature.