The transvestite memoirs of the abbé de Choisy and The story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville
By: translated from the French and with an introduction by R.H.F. Scott ; [with an afterword by Jeremy Reed].
Contributors: Scott, R. H. F.; Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703.
Publisher: Peter Owen; U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London, U.K.; Chester Springs, Pa.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Choisy, abbé de, 1644-1724.; Transvestites -- France -- Biography.; Nobility -- France -- Biography.; France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
Other titles: Transvestite memoirs.; Story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville.
First sentence: Introduction: The abbé de Choisy (1644 to 1724), courtier, diarist, historian and transvestite, was an unusual if not bizarre character.
Chapter I: You have ordered me, Madame, to write the story of my life; in truth, you cannot imagine it.
Description: From back cover: These authentic memoirs constitute a remarkable document in the history of transvestism, and provide a first-hand account of manners and morals in late seventeenth-century French society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 142).
Spine title: The transvestite memoirs.
Choisy's Transvestite memoirs first published in Paris in 1862. The story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville was originally published in the Mercure galant, Feb., 1695. Authorship is variously attributed to Charles Perrault and/or Choisy.
"Paperback original"--Cover.
Distributor statement from label on p. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: pagenum: 11
class: chapter
title: Introduction; label: Part One
class: part
title: The Transvestite Memoirs; label: I
pagenum: 27
class: chapter
title: The First Affairs of the abbé de Choisy under the name of Madame de Sancy; title: The Loves of M. de Maulny and Mlle Dany
pagenum: 46
class: chapter
label: II; title: The abbé's Intrigues With the Little Actresses Montfleury and Mondory
pagenum: 58
class: chapter
label: III; title: The Comtesse des Barres
pagenum: 61
class: chapter
label: IV; label: Part Two
pagenum: 105
class: part
title: Introduction; pagenum: 109
class: chapter
title: The story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville; pagenum: 130
class: chapter
title: Notes; pagenum: 137
class: chapter
title: Afterword by Jeremy Reed; pagenum: 142
class: chapter
title: Selected Bibliography