Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Monsieur Vénus
Für wen es gedacht ist
Readers who enjoy Paris in the 1880s, richly furnished scenes, bold heroines and stories of obsession will find much here. It also suits anyone curious about decadent fiction and its fascination with gender and desire.
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A rich young woman climbs seven flights of stairs to order flowers and walks out wanting to own the man who makes them. Monsieur Venus is a novel by Rachilde, published in Paris in the early 1880s. It follows Raoule de Vénérande, proud and wealthy, and Jacques Silvert, a poor flower maker with a beautiful face and a gentle nature. Their bond overturns the roles society expects of a man and a woman. It opens in a dark attic that smells of cooking apples.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A visit to a garret changes everythingFree
- 2Raoule plans a rescue and a purchase
- 3The bath, the tears and the first bargain
- 4A dream, a rival and a fake rendezvous
- 5Jaja learns to be a wife
- 6Violence, jealousy and a wedding
- 7What the story is about and how it is told
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A visit to a garret changes everything
Raoule climbs to a dark seventh floor looking for a florist named Marie Silvert. She finds Jacques instead, a young man of twenty-four with red hair and the soft skin of a child, wrapped in a garland of satin roses. He is standing in for his sick sister.
Raoule pays three hundred francs for work worth far less. She cannot stop herself from touching his chest. Jacques feels the touch as an insult and answers roughly, and she leaves ashamed.
Then his sister Marie says the lady likes him. Raoule has money and will, Jacques has beauty but no protection, and the author looks at his body through a woman's eyes.
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Questions about Monsieur Vénus
What is Monsieur Venus about?
It tells of Raoule de Vénérande, a wealthy Parisian, who falls for Jacques Silvert, a poor flower maker. She sets him up in a studio and tries to turn him into her ideal, which overturns the usual roles of man and woman.
Who wrote Monsieur Venus and when?
Rachilde, the pen name of the French writer Marguerite Eymery, published it in Paris in the early 1880s. It was one of her first novels and made her name in decadent literature.
What does the title Monsieur Venus mean?
The title joins a male form of address with the goddess of love. It points to Jacques, a man whose beauty and manners are described in feminine terms, and to the way the story reverses the roles of its lovers.
Is Monsieur Venus easy to follow?
Its sixteen chapters move between scenes, with lively dialogue and clear settings such as a garret, a studio and a ballroom. The plot moves steadily and the characters are sharply drawn, so the story is easy to follow.
What is the main message of Monsieur Venus?
The novel suggests that roles of gender and class are made by society, and that treating a person as an object of desire or money harms both sides. It does this through scenes and the narrator's reflections.