''Ariane, jeune fille russe'' (''Ariane, young Russian girl'') is a 1920 novel by the French tennis player and writer

Jean Schopfer Jean Schopfer (28 May 1868 – 9 January 1931) was a tennis player competing for France, and a writer, known under the pseudonym of Claude Anet. He reached two singles finals at the Amateur French Championships, winning in 1892 over British playe ...

, published under the pseudonym Claude Anet. It follows a young Russian woman who encounters a

Don Juan Don Juan (), also known as Don Giovanni (Italian), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. Famous versions of the story include a 17th-century play, '' El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'' ...

and falls in love with him.

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted into film several times. In 1931 the German film ''

Ariane Ariane may refer to: *Ariana (name), also Ariane, Arianne Arts * ''Ariane'' (Martinů), an opera by Bohuslav Martinů, first performed 1961 * ''Ariane'' (Massenet), an opera by Jules Massenet, first performed 1906 * ''Ariane'' (film), a 1931 ...

'' was made, with an English-language version ''

The Loves of Ariane ''The Loves of Ariane'' is a 1931 British-German drama film directed by Paul Czinner starring Elisabeth Bergner, Charles Carson and Percy Marmont. Shot in Germany,Wood p.71 it was an English-language version of the 1931 film '' Ariane''. It wa ...

'' and a French '' Ariane, jeune fille russe''. All three were directed by

Paul Czinner Paul Czinner (30 May 1890 – 22 June 1972) was a Hungarian-born British writer, film director, and producer. Biography Czinner was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. After studying literature and philosophy at the Universi ...

, and two starred

Elisabeth Bergner Elisabeth Bergner (22 August 1897 – 12 May 1986) was an Austrian-British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris before she moved to London to work in films. Her signature role was Gemma Jones in '' Esca ...

. In 1957

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Holl ...

adapted the novel for his American film '' Love in the Afternoon''. In 1970 Muzaffer Arlsan a Padres the novel for his Turkish film ''Arım Balım Peteğım''.

In popular culture

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bo ...

's 1930 short novel, '' The Eye'', two of the female characters are reading ''Ariane, jeune fille russe''.

References

1920 French novels French romance novels French novels adapted into films Works published under a pseudonym {{1920s-romance-novel-stub