Adolphe Belot (1829-90) was born in Guadeloupe, studied and practiced law in France, and became a playwright and novelist in Paris. The money he made from his many potboilers supported his extravagant lifestyle. Christopher Rivers is professor of French at Mount Holyoke College. He is author of Face Value: Physiognomical Thought and the Legible Body in Marivaux, Lavater, Balzac, Gautier, and Zola.
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"Christopher Rivers deserves praise for his seamless and highly readable translation, which (in keeping with the spirit of the popular novel) will make this text available to a broad reading public. Rivers writes that his aim was to 'capture at once the period flavor and the vitality of the original, ' and in this he has admirably succeeded." --Annie Smart, Saint Louis University "Professor Rivers's work is an extraordinary and successful undertaking. Unjustly forgotten, Belot's novel is especially appealing today, given the current interest in feminism, gender studies, and queer studies. A great addition to the series." --Lawrence R. Schehr, professor of French, University of Illinois