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''The Bachelor Girl'' (french: La Garçonne) is a
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
by
Victor Margueritte
Victor Margueritte (1 December 186623 March 1942) was a French novelist. He was the younger brother of Paul Margueritte (1860–1918).
Life
He and his brother were born in Algeria. They were the sons of General Jean Auguste Margueritte (1 ...
first published in 1922. An English translation was first published in 1923 by
Alfred A. Knopf. It deals with the life of a young woman who, upon learning that her fiancé is cheating on her, decides to live life freely and on her own terms. Amongst other things, this included having multiple sexual partners, both male and female. The title translates as ''The Tomboy''. The title addresses the somewhat ambiguous realm between definite gender roles, e.g. where a Judeo-Christian patriarchal society might place a free-thinking, free-living woman in its social strata.
Although the theme is not particularly shocking in the present day, at the time it was considered quite scandalous; it even caused the author to lose his
Legion of Honour. It has been adapted into a film four times, the most notably in
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
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See also
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Flapper
Notes
References
External links
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1922 French novels
Feminist novels
Feminism in France
Novels with bisexual themes
French novels adapted into films
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