Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Subversive Stories: Literary Contexts and Categories 12
6. 2. Fact versus Fiction: Parisian Prostitutes Meet Libertine Fantasies 28
7. 3. La Belle Allemande, or The Empire of Beauty 46
8. 4. Margot la ravaudeuse, or The Libertine Public Sphere 66
9. 5. La Cauchoise, or Dear and Venerable Sisters 90
10. 6. Histoire de Juliette, or The Rejection of Motherhood 118
11. Appendix: Contexts and Summaries of the Putain Memoir Novels 147
12. Notes 169
13. Bibliography 195
14. Index 207
15. About the Author 216