Sappho (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Alphonse Daudet
- First Published: 1884
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Prostitution or prostitutes, Paris, Bohemianism, Students or student life
- Locales: Paris, France
Places Discussed
*Paris. Capital of France in which the novel opens in the midst of a costume ball at the home of the wealthy engineer Déchelette on the rue de Rome. Alphonse Daudet’s detailed description of the event and its illustrious personages, as seen through the eyes of the twenty-one-year-old student Gaussin, who has recently come to Paris from the south of France, reveals that the elegant lifestyle of the wealthy and famous socialites is but a facade. The gay masks behind which they hide foreshadow the revelations of hypocrisy and duplicity to follow.
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