num_pages: 288
description: Giles de la Trave persuades Collette, a young and beautiful peasant girl from one of his estates, to become his mistress and live the life of a Parisian courtesan. However, it is his son Victor that she loves and expects to marry. In a moment of passion and curiosity she confesses her sins to the local priest, unaware that he has his own one which involves himself and Victor. Shocked, Collette takes the only option for a sensible girl from the she flees to Paris to immerse herself in a life of wild indulgence and luxury.
language: English
title: French Manners
publisher: Virgin Black Lace