The Lady with the she-wolf

the Lady with the she-wolf is a collection of news of Renee Vivien published in 1904.

It is composed of seventeen news, whose titles refer to female characters. Several news is subtitled by the name of their male narrator.

The collection contains references to Sappho, Ruth and Naomi, Gustave Flaubert.

Composition of the collection

  • the Lady with the she-wolf told by Mr. Pierre Lenoir
  • Thirst laughs told by Jim Nicholls
  • the Prince charming told by Gesa Karoly
  • the Sisters of silence
  • Cruauté of precious stones told by Giuseppe Bianchini
  • Trahison of the forest told by Blue Dirk
  • paradoxical Chastity
  • the Splendid Prostitute account of a envieux
  • Saurienne told by Mike Watts
  • the Veil of Vasthi
  • Brune as a hazel nut
  • Psappha charms the sirens
  • the Club of Damnés
  • the female Friendship
  • Svanhild
  • White like scum
  • Bona Dea

Around work

  • Renee Vivien published other collections of news: Fogs of fjords (1902) and Of the Green to purple the (1903).
  • the title of the collection recalls to the Lady to the puppy of Tchekhov (1899). It perhaps inspired to the title of the Woman to the small fox of Violette Leduc (1965).
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