num_pages: 211
description: When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule's suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue.
language: English
title: Monsieur Vénus: Roman Matérialiste
titlecomplete: Monsieur Vénus: Roman Matérialiste
genres: French Literature, LGBT, Queer, Literature, Erotica, Classics, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century, France
ratings_count: 683
publisher: The Modern Language Association of America, an imprint of Modern Language Association of America