This historical novel is based on the life of French opera star Mlle. Maupin, a first-rate swordswoman, often went about disguised as a man, and once set fire to a convent for the love of another woman.

The novel delves into themes of beauty, desire, and sexual intrigue. Gautier skillfully paints a vivid picture of French château life, where physical desire and longing for inner completeness intersect. A twist in the plot results in a lesbian relationship, leading to it being subject to censorship challenges and obscenity controversies in the early 20th century.

Title: Mademoiselle de Maupin 
Author: Théophile Gautier 
Publisher: Boni and Liveright, Inc.
Publication Date: 1919-1924 
Printed in the United States of America 
Edition: Modern Library (an early ML edition) 
Binding: Flexibound, Toledano Style #2 flexible brown leatherette, gold text, double bars at spine top and bottom, Front: "BL" in gothic text 

Endpapers: Green on tan background. Designed by Horace Ascher Brodzky (1885 – 1969) was an Australian-born artist and writer. He was an early pioneer of linocut prints. Brodzky's design was used as a result of a contest that Boni and Liveright ran, offering $100 to the artist submitting the best endpaper design "interpreting the spirit and character of the Modern Library." (Publisher's Weekly, 03/08/1919)

Language: English 
Pages: 294 
Measures approximately: 6 5/8 x 4 1/2  (17 x 11.5 cm.)
Condition of the book: Please see the images.