Gamiani, Or Two Nights Of Excess

''Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess'' (french: Gamiani, ou deux nuits d'excès) is a French

erotic novel Erotic literature comprises fictional and factual stories and accounts of eros (passionate, romantic or sexual relationships) intended to arouse similar feelings in readers. This contrasts erotica, which focuses more specifically on sexual feelin ...

first published in 1833. Its authorship is anonymous, but it is believed to have been written by

Alfred de Musset Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007 ...

and the

lesbian A lesbian is a Homosexuality, homosexual woman.Zimmerman, p. 453. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate n ...

eponymous heroine a portrait of his lover,

George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, bein ...

. It became a

bestseller A bestseller is a book or other media noted for its top selling status, with bestseller lists published by newspapers, magazines, and book store chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialties (novel, nonfiction book, cookb ...

among nineteenth century erotic literature. The novel was illustrated with unsigned lithographs whose authorship remains unknown. They have been attributed to

Achille Devéria Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (6 February 180023 December 1857) was a French painter and lithographer known for his portraits of famous writers and artists. His younger brother was the Romantic painter Eugène Devéria, and two of his six ...

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Octave Tassaert Nicolas François Octave Tassaert (Paris, 26 July 1800 – Paris, 24 April 1874)1833 novels Novels by Alfred de Musset French erotic novels French LGBT novels Works published anonymously {{LGBT-novel-stub