Rachilde
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Rachilde was the nom de plume of Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, a French author who was born February 11, 1860 in Périgueux, Périgord, Second French Empire and died April 4, 1953.
She is considered to be a pioneer of anti-realistic drama and a participant in the Decadent movement.
Her significant works include:
- 1884, Monsieur Vénus (Paris: Flammarion, 1977)
- 1885, Nono (Paris: Mercure de France, 1997)
- 1887, La Marquise de Sade (Paris: Mercure de France, 1981)
- 1893, L'animale (Paris: Mercure de France, 1993)
- 1899, La tour d'amour (Paris: Mercure de France, 1994)
- 1900, La Jongleuse (Paris: Des femmes, 1982)
- 1934, Mon étrange plaisir (Paris: Éditions Joëlle Losfeld, 1993)
See Diana Holmes (2001), Rachilde: Decadence, Gender and the Woman Writer (Berg),http://www.bergpublishers.com/uk/book_page.asp?BKTitle=Rachilde
