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Nin, Anaïs

Delta of Venus: The Hungarian Adventurer

There was a Hungarian adventurer who had astonishing beauty, ifallible charm, grace, the powers of a trained actor, culture, knowledge of many tongues, aristocratic manners.

Delta of Venus: Mathilde

Mathilde was a hat maker in Paris and barely twenty when she was seduced by the Baron.

Delta of Venus: The Boarding School

This is a story of life in Brazil many years ago, far from the city, where the customs of strict Catholicism still prevailed.

Delta of Venus: Mallorca

I was spending the summer in Mallorca, in Deya, near the monastery where George Sand and Chopin stayed.

Delta of Venus: Artists and Models

One morning I was called to a studio in Greenwich Village, where a sculptor wa beginning a statuette.

Delta of Venus: Lilith

Lilith was sexually cold, and her husband half knew it, in spite of her pretenses.

Delta of Venus: Marianne

I shall call myself the madam of a house of literary prostitution, the madam for a group of hungry writers who were turning out erotica for sale to a 'collector'.

Delta of Venus: The Veiled Woman

George once went to a Swedish bar he liked, and sat at a table to enjoy a leisurely evening.

Delta of Venus: Elena

While waiting for the train to Montreux, Elena looked at the people around her on the quays.

Delta of Venus: The Basque and Bijou

It was a rainy night, the streets like mirrors, reflecting everything.

Delta of Venus: Pierre

When he was a youth, Pierre wandered off toward the quays very early one morning.

Delta of Venus: Manuel

Manuel had developed a peculiar form of enjoyment that caused his family to repudiate him, and he lived like a Bohemian in Montparnasse.

Delta of Venus: Linda

Linda stood in front of her mirror examining herself critically in full daylight.

Delta of Venus: Marcel

Marcel came to the houseboat, his blue eyes full of surprise and wonder, full of reflections like the river.

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