Query: 1923 novels from France or French prostitution novels or books from 1785
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The 120 Days of Sodom
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Van de koele meren des doods
Querelle of Brest
La Brière
Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Green Wheat
La Dame aux Camélias
Notes on the State of Virginia
Le Diable au corps (novel)
Belle de Jour (novel)
Evidence from documents: The 120 Days of Sodom: 'The 120 Days of Sodom, or the School of Libertinage''''' () is an unfinished novel by the French writer and nobleman Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, written in 1785 and published in 1904 after its manuscript was rediscovered.
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel: '''''Le Bal du comte d'Orgel''''' ("Count d'Orgel's Ball") is a French novel by Raymond Radiguet (1903–1923). The second and last novel by the Parisian author, it was published posthumously in 1924. Set as a love triangle during the , it proved controversial, as did his first psychological novel, , published in 1923. ''Le Bal du comte d'Orgel'' was adapted into a 1970 film.
Van de koele meren des doods: She gets addicted to it, and after her release she becomes a prostitute to support her addiction.
Querelle of Brest: Georges Querelle, its protagonist, is a bisexual thief, prostitute and serial killer who manipulates and kills his lovers for thrills and profit.
La Brière: '''La Brière''''' (translated as ''Passion and Peat'') is a 1923 novel by Alphonse de Chateaubriant that won the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for that year.
Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia: ' is a 1785 novel
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: '''''Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals''''' (1785; ; also known as the '''''Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals''''', '''''Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals''''', and the '''''Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals''''') is the first of Immanuel Kant's mature works on moral philosophy and remains one of the most influential in the field. Kant conceives his investigation as a work of foundational ethics—one that clears the ground for future research by explaining the core concepts and principles of moral theory, and showing that they are normative for rational agents.
Green Wheat: '''''Green Wheat''''' () is a 1923 novel by the French writer Colette.
La Dame aux Camélias: Set in mid-19th-century France, the novel tells the tragic love story between fictional characters Marguerite Gautier, a demimondaine or courtesan suffering from consumption, and Armand Duval, a young bourgeois. Marguerite is nicknamed '''' () because she wears a red camellia when she is menstruating and unavailable for sex and a white camellia when she is available to her lovers.
Notes on the State of Virginia: '''''Notes on the State of Virginia''''' (1785) is a book written by the American statesman, philosopher, and planter Thomas Jefferson.
Le Diable au corps (novel): '''''Le Diable au corps''''' ('''''The Devil in the Flesh''''') is an early 1923 novel by Parisian literary prodigy Raymond Radiguet. In the immediate aftermath of World War I,
Belle de Jour (novel): When Monsieur Husson mentions an acquaintance who works at a local brothel, Séverine becomes curious about prostitution as a means of satisfying her desires.