Guy Chantepleure [Jeanne-Caroline Augusta Violet Dussap] - Malencontre

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1910. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this gothic novel by Guy Chantepleure, the pen name of Jeanne-Caroline Augusta Violet Dussa. A first edition of this novel by Jeanne-Caroline Augusta Violet Dussa. Published in French. Writing under the pseudonym of Guy Chantepleure, Dussa is best remembered for her late nineteenth century novel Ma Conscience en Robe Rose. Structured like a diary, this gothic novel tells the story of a girl who travels to a castle in France for her new job as a mistress to the seemingly cursed Mrs Malencontre. In a quarter calf binding over patterned boards. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards, particularly to the edges. The spine is discoloured. Internally, firmly bound, with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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