Félicia ou mes fredaines
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- | '''''Félicia ou mes fredaines''''' ([[1772]]) is a novel by [[André Robert de Nerciat]]. The English title is '''Félicia; or, My Mischief'''. The book was illustrated by [[Borel and Elluin]], [[William Fel]], [[Louis Icart]]. | + | '''''Félicia ou mes fredaines''''' ([[1775]]) is a novel by [[André Robert de Nerciat]]. The English title is '''Félicia; or, My Mischief'''. The book was illustrated by [[Borel and Elluin]], [[William Fel]], [[Louis Icart]]. |
- | Felicia is is the protagonist of the story and we meet her again in ''[[Montrose]]'' and ''[[Les Aphrodites]]''. | + | Felicia is is the protagonist of the story and we meet her again in ''[[Monrose ou le Libertin par fatalité|Montrose]]'' and ''[[Les Aphrodites]]''. |
- | Her story starts on a [[pirate ship]]. She is then adopted by an Italian who gives her an education. At fourteen her first sexual experience is with a dancing instructor. At nineteen she falls in love with the Chevalier d'Aiglemont, then a priest. She goes to to Paris. On the way she is attacked by highwaymen but freed by young [[Montrose]]. Their love story occupies the first half of the second volume. Montrose and Felicia enjoy an [[open relationship]]. | + | Her story starts on a [[pirate ship]]. She is then adopted by an Italian who gives her an education. At fourteen her first sexual experience is with a dancing instructor. At nineteen she falls in love with the Chevalier d'Aiglemont, then a priest. She goes to to Paris. On the way she is attacked by highwaymen but freed by young [[Monrose ou le Libertin par fatalité|Montrose]]. Their love story occupies the first half of the second volume. Montrose and Felicia enjoy an [[open relationship]]. |
- | The book also features the [[hermaphrodite]], Nicette , who perhaps served as the model for [[Zambinella]], in [[Balzac]]'s short story "[[Sarrasine]]". | + | The book also features the [[hermaphrodite]], Nicette, who perhaps served as the model for [[Zambinella]], in [[Balzac]]'s short story "[[Sarrasine]]". |
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- | French publisher [[Zulma]] used [[Greuze]]'s painting ''[[La Gimblette]]'' for the 2000s edition of the novel. | + | *French publisher [[Zulma]] used [[Greuze]]'s painting ''[[La Gimblette]]'' for the 2000s edition of the novel. |
- | + | *Collected in ''[[L’œuvre du chevalier Andréa de Nerciat]]''. | |
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Félicia ou mes fredaines (1775) is a novel by André Robert de Nerciat. The English title is Félicia; or, My Mischief. The book was illustrated by Borel and Elluin, William Fel, Louis Icart.
Felicia is is the protagonist of the story and we meet her again in Montrose and Les Aphrodites.
Her story starts on a pirate ship. She is then adopted by an Italian who gives her an education. At fourteen her first sexual experience is with a dancing instructor. At nineteen she falls in love with the Chevalier d'Aiglemont, then a priest. She goes to to Paris. On the way she is attacked by highwaymen but freed by young Montrose. Their love story occupies the first half of the second volume. Montrose and Felicia enjoy an open relationship.
The book also features the hermaphrodite, Nicette, who perhaps served as the model for Zambinella, in Balzac's short story "Sarrasine".
Trivia
- French publisher Zulma used Greuze's painting La Gimblette for the 2000s edition of the novel.
- Collected in L’œuvre du chevalier Andréa de Nerciat.