La Débauche

1924

André Birabeau

Paris : E. Flammarion

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French

Novel

246pp

Gay Men

Open Access

Summary

Translated by Lady Una Vincenzo Troubridge as Revelation (1930). After her son's death, Madame Casseneuil travels to his apartment and discovers love letters from another man. She meets with his lover and learns to reconcile her disbelief and understand her son.

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Editions

Paris: E. Flammarion (1924), 246pp.

New York : Viking Press (1930), 236pp. Dust cover and spine is from Appledore Books on Abebooks.

London : Victor Gollancz Ltd (1930), 174pp. Dust cover and spine is from Peter Harrington on Abebooks.

There seems to be an additional edition with red binding, unlike the Gollancz' pure black binding and the black with a red sash binding of the Viking. snoopysdogtown on eBay provided pictures of it.