Written in the 1930s based on author Dorothy Strachey's experiences in the 1880s at Marie Souvestre's school.
The passion of an English adolescent girl for a teacher in a French finishing school, a classic of lesbian fiction.
Sixth Impression January 1950 printed on copyright page and jacket flap, first published April 1949. Dust jacket is moderately foxed, spine ends crimped, rear panel with a closed tear, and with old tape reinforcement on verso of jacket. In the two color illustrated dust jacket, price 7s. Mauve cloth, titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine, ribbon decoration on the cover, head edge dyed red: spine lightly crushed, back board dented, age tone transfer to endpapers. Duncan Grant (dust jacket) (illustrator). Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to endpapers only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart, with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities.
This work is dedicated to Virginia Woolf. Viewed as scandalous upon initial publication, and set in the late 19th century at a finishing school in France, the plot dramatizes the passion of a young English boarding student for one of her female French teachers. Originally published anonymously, this work has since been revealed as the only novel of Dorothy Bussy, a member of the Bloomsbury group and sister of writer and critic Lytton Strachey. The fifth impression of this important work of mid-century lesbian literature.
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