Les Avariés. Pièce en trois actes.

BRIEUX [Eugène].

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[The Damaged. A Three Act Play]. First edition. 8vo., 2 blanks, half-title, title/imprint, [7pp.], pp-4-228, rebound with the original wrappers into early to mid- twentieth century grained, olive morocco, marbled endpapers and extra blanks inserted, titles and decorations in gilt on spine in 5 raised bands, sable coloured silk inside dentelles in borders of gilt ruled olive and brown morocco, all edges gilt, the binding signed by Emile Maylander. Number 18 of only 20 examples on Hollande paper numbered and initialled by the author. Paris, P-V, Stock, E?diteur, 1902. £375.00 Text in near pristine condition, both publisher' wrapper and endpapers and binder's blanks endem- ically browned, binding a bit faded, bands rubbed. Brieux's play was turned into a novel by Upton Sinclair entitled Damaged Goods. A Novel About The Victims of Syphilis. The play, which was initially prohibited in France, is considered to be a didactic propaganda piece to encourage open discussion of venereal disease and remove the taboos and of course also the shame. As such, it was written in the form of a dialogue with Dr Fournier. One commentator thought that Les Avarie?s represented '.an essential stage in the spread of venereal fear among the public! ( p-270 Alain Corbin ? Women For Hire: Prostitution and Sexuality in France after 1850, 1996). The French trade suggests that it was placed under censorship. 218981.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Les Avariés. Pièce en trois actes.
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)