Jane de La Vaudère
Jane de la Vaudère was the pen name of Jeanne Scrive, a French novelist, poet and playwright who was born April 15, 1857, in Paris, and died on July 26, 1908. Her father was a famous doctor, Gaspard-Léonard Scrive, Surgeon-General of the French Army during the Crimean War. She is considered by contemporary critics a participant in the Decadent movement and Naturalism.
Her poetic works include Les Heures perdues, L'Eternelle chanson, Minuit, and Evocation. She is also remembered for a collection of decadent novels and short stories, such as Les Androgynes (1903), Les Demi-Sexes (1897), or Les Sataniques (1897) — probably her masterpiece. She wrote exotic novels as well, including Les Courtisanes de Brahma, La Porte de Félicité or La Gueisha amoureuse.
She collaborated with the Théâtre du Grand Guignol.
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Novels and Short Stories
- Folie d'Opium
- Mortelle étreinte
- L'Anarchiste
- Le Droit d'aimer
- Ambitieuse
- Les Demi-Sexes
- Les Sataniques
- Le Sang
- Les Frôleurs
- L'Amuseur
- Trois fleurs de volupté
- Le Harem de Syta
- Les Mousseuses
- L'Amazone du roi de Siam
- La Mystérieuse
- Les Androgynes
- Les Courtisanes de Brahma
- L'Expulsée
- La Gesha amoureuse
- Les Confessions galantes
- Rien qu'amante
- La Sorcière d'Ecbatane
- La Porte de Félicité
- Sapho : dompteuse