Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2)

How it begins

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN—VOLUME I MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN Front. THE IMAGINARY MISTRESS FIRST MEETING WITH ROSETTE EPISODE OF THE "TOILETTE DE BAL" D'ALBERT AND ROSETTE THE ARRIVAL OF THÉODORE THÉODORE AND THE PAGE ROSETTE'S MORNING AUDIENCE THE ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY This celebrated novel, the celebrity of which has not been lessened by the very numerous editions that have been published, had a very modest beginning which in no way foreshadowed the great success which it was to obtain later.