“Written in a continual tremor of excitement. Extravagantly French in its sensibilities.”
It has a strange combination of strength and delicacy.” Not only does it stand up to the test of time, but in its exquisite attention to language, to feeling, its desperate determination to cultivate sensation and longing in the reader, it easily surpasses many of the more positive narratives that characterize modern gay and lesbian literature.”
was a masterpiece when it was first written nearly 100 years ago, and it remains a masterpiece today. “A beautiful glimpse at the fickle flames of love. Bill Goldstein, NBC's Weekend Today in New York Transporting and accessible to young contemporary readers, as well as for lovers of classic literature looking for historical queer and lesbian fiction.” “Both ferocious and wholesome, and readers can rest assured that journey through adolescent discovery and desire doesn’t end in doom or punishment. “Lushly lays bare the intensity of infatuation and first love.” “Through the melodrama cuts the fresh frankness of Olivia’s all-consuming ardor, and in her Strachey captures perfectly the urgency, excitement, and fire of a first adult crush.” As they grow closer, their relationship is threatened by jealousy and rivalry, and the school year seems destined to end in tragedy. But Mademoiselle Julie's life is not as straightforward as Olivia imagines. Soon after her arrival, she finds herself falling under the spell of her beautiful and charismatic teacher, Mademoiselle Julie, who introduces her to art, literature, and fine cuisine. It tells the story of Olivia, a sixteen-year-old girl who is sent from England to a Parisian finishing school to broaden her education.
The classic novel about a teenage girl's infatuation with her headmistress at a boarding school in nineteenth-century ParisĪ groundbreaking, passionate, and subtle story of first love, Olivia-based loosely on the author's own life-was first published in 1949 under a pseudonym. "Perfectly captures the breathless excitement of adolescent passion." -Sarah Waters, bestselling author of Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet
"I read Olivia many, many times, bought it for many of my friends, and consider it the inspiration for Call Me by Your Name." -André Aciman
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