A bawdy, mock-archaic almanac of lesbian life in 1920s Paris, blending fiction, myth and parody and illustrated with Barnes’s own drawings. It follows Dame Evangeline Musset and her circle through the months of the year, affectionately satirizing the wealthy expatriate women of Natalie Barney’s salon, who were its first audience. Often called the most audacious lesbian text of its time, it remains a landmark of modernist writing.
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| Title: Ladies Almanack |
| Author: Djuna Barnes |
| ISBN: 9780810000000 |
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| Genre: Fiction; Humor; Vintage |
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| Publication Date: 33725 |
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| Publisher: NYU Press |
| Language: English |
| Format: Digital/E-Book |
| Pages: 138 |
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| Notes: First published privately in Paris, 1928, subsidized by Natalie Barney; the author was identified only as ‘a Lady of Fashion.’ Fifty of the 1,050 copies were hand-coloured by Barnes. Characters are based on Natalie Barney, Radclyffe Hall, Una Troubridge, Janet Flanner, Solita Solano, Mina Loy and others. Setting: Paris, 1920s. |
| Book_ID: 118979 |