Psyché

by Pierre Louÿs

Illustrations de Mariette LYDIS. Postface de Claude Farrère.
grand in 8° broché, 190 pages ; couverture rempliée. Tirage limité et numéroté sur velin chiffon. Les dessins de Mariette LYDIS ont été reproduits en fac-similé par Daniel Jacomet.

190 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1903

About the author

Pierre Louÿs was a French poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings. He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection". He was made first a Chevalier and then an Officer of the Légion d'honneur for his contributions to French literature.

Born in Belgium, in 1870, but moved to France where he would spend the rest of his life. He was a friend of authors André Gide and Oscar Wilde, and of composer Claude Debussy.

Reviews

[Lady Amelia, Duchess Of The Bread · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was somehow really trashy but cute and unbelievable yet way too real. I should have liked to read the ending for myself but alas it was lost.