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By Rachilde
Amid the rose gardens of her father’s farm, beautiful Marguerite Davenel is weary of her supposedly charmed life. But when she encounters vagabond Fulbert, a charismatic anarchist who despises the bourgeois world that she represents, all is upended. As their complicated relationship deepens, the appearance of a woman from Fulbert’s past muddies the boundary between good and evil. Translated here into English for the first time, The Underbelly illustrates Rachilde’s enduring relevance with a decadent tale in which the propriety of the countryside hides a dark underside.
By Rachilde
Amid the rose gardens of her father’s farm, beautiful Marguerite Davenel is weary of her supposedly charmed life. But when she encounters vagabond Fulbert, a charismatic anarchist who despises the bourgeois world that she represents, all is upended. As their complicated relationship deepens, the appearance of a woman from Fulbert’s past muddies the boundary between good and evil. Translated here into English for the first time, The Underbelly illustrates Rachilde’s enduring relevance with a decadent tale in which the propriety of the countryside hides a dark underside.