Query: Non fiction books from 1785 or books about French prostitution
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
King Kong Theory
Our Lady of the Flowers
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Belle de Jour (novel)
Marthe (novel)
Notes on the State of Virginia
Van de koele meren des doods
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia
Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu
The 120 Days of Sodom
Querelle of Brest
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Nana (novel)
Evidence from documents: King Kong Theory: her time as a sex worker in Lyon and Paris; and her experience and subsequent trauma being gang-raped at the age of 17 while hitch-hiking across France.
Our Lady of the Flowers: books about French prostitution: is the debut novel of French writer Jean Genet, first published in 1943.
prostitution: and the highly erotic, often explicitly sexual, stories are spun to assist his masturbation.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes: prostitution: * Charles Bernheimer, "Prostitution and Narrative: Balzac’s Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes", ''L’Esprit Créateur'', Summer 1985, n° 25 (2), p. 22-31.
French: '''''Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes''''', translated either as '''''The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans''''' or as '''''A Harlot High and Low''''', is an 1838-1847 novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac, published in four initially separate parts:
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. She uses the pseudonym "Belle de Jour" (Morning Glory), as she works from two to five o'clock each day, returning to her unaware husband in the evening.


Séverine becomes entangled with one of her clients, Marcel, a young gangster. He provides her with the thrills and excitement of her fantasies. The situation becomes more complicated when Séverine decides to leave the brothel, with Madame Anaïs's agreement, after Marcel becomes too demanding and jealous of her husband.
Marthe (novel): ''''Marthe, histoire d'une fille''''' (English: ''Marthe, the Story of a Girl'' - where "girl" has the implication "prostitute" ) was the first novel by the French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans, published in 1876.
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. He completed the first version in 1781 and updated and enlarged the book in 1782 and 1783.
Van de koele meren des doods: She gets addicted to it, and after her release she becomes a prostitute to support her addiction. Destitute and descending into madness, she is admitted to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, to the psychiatric ward where a friendly nurse helps her beat her addiction. She returns to the Netherlands, and spends her last years with a family that formerly farmed on the family's lands.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides: is a travel journal by Scotsman James Boswell first published in 1785.
Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia: '''''Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia''''' is a 1785 novel about a fictional German nobleman written by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe.


The lead character Baron Munchausen is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797, ).
Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu: by Hayashi Shihei (1738–93) was published in Japan in 1785. This book represents one of the earliest attempts to define Japan in terms of its outer boundaries. It represented a modern effort to distinguish Japan from the neighboring nations.


The book describes those three surrounding nations: the Joseon Dynasty (Korea), the Ryukyu Kingdom (Ryukyu Islands/Okinawa) and Ezo (Hokkaido), as well as the yet uninhabited Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands).
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
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.
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
Nana (novel): ''Nana'' tells the story of Nana Coupeau's rise from streetwalker to high-class prostitute during the last three years of the French Second Empire.