Jean Galland

When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in de...

When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.

A French novelist passes off a African shepherdess as a princess.

A French officer and his sister develop an inappropriate attraction, leading to comical misadventures and an unexpected twist that brings them closer despite their forbidden desire.