The Pretty Women Of Paris

La Belle poque still exercises a fascination for the modern reader. The late 19th century Paris of Zola & Toulouse-Lautrec, of sunny mornings in the Bois de Boulogne & cinq-a-septs in Montparnasse was given over to pleasure. And the young women of Paris were world-famous. This is a directory of the poules de luxes of the City of Lights. It is a rare directory that differs from others of the period in that it captures the extraordinary richness of detail & insight. Published in 1883 & limited to 169 copies, it describes the specialties & preferences of the ladies of easy virtue, who numbered among their clients Princes, members of Parliament, priests, painters & musicians. A volume in the Wordsworth Classic Erotica series. Unexpurgated.

A comprehensive travel guide to Paris, France, with maps and information on hotels and over sixty restaurants, cultural and historic sights, and shopping and entertainment venues.

Originally published more than twenty years ago and winner of a Lambda Literary Award, Paris Was a Woman is a rare profile of the female literati in Paris at the turn of the century. Now with a new preface and illustrations, this "scrapbook" of their work—along with Andrea Weiss' lively commentary—highlights the political, social, and artistic lives of the renowned lesbian and bisexual Modernists, including Colette, Djuna Barnes, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Sylvia Beach, and many more. Painstakingly researched and profusely illustrated, it is an enlightening account of women who between wars found their selves and their voices in Paris. A wealth of photographs, paintings, drawings, and literary fragments combine with Weiss' revealing text to give an unparalleled insight into this extraordinary network of women for who Paris was neither mistress nor muse, but a different kind of woman.

Meet the dazzling women of Paris; from Colette to Nancy Mitford; Marie Antoinette to Coco Chanel; Napoleon's Josephine to Edith Wharton. Rule-breakers and style-setters, these women were utterly diverse, yet they shared one common passion - Paris, the world's headquarters of femininity. At a turning point in her life, Lucinda Holdforth journeys to Paris and takes a very personal tour through the lives, loves and losses of its celebrated women. She evokes the incarnations of the city from Louis XIV through the French Revolution, two world wars and the Paris of the new millennium. And, as she walks in their footsteps, Lucinda draws inspiration from the fascinating women who created and nurtured the world's most civilised city. This enjoyable companion will seduce and delight - and inspire every woman in search of her own true pleasures...