The Adventures of King Pausole

The Adventures of King Pausole (French: Les Aventures du roi Pausole) is a French novel with erotic themes by Pierre Louÿs, first published in serial form in 1900. The work has been called "a graceful and spicy bit of drollery".^[1]

It was the basis for the 1930 operetta Les aventures du roi Pausole with music by Arthur Honegger.^[2]

References

^ Lang 1947, p. 495.
^ Spratt GK. Arthur Honegger. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.

Sources

Lang, Bluma Renée (1947). "Louÿs, Pierre". In Smith, Horatio (ed.). Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature. United States of America: Columbia University Press. p. 495.
Louÿs, Pierre (1901). Les aventures du roi Pausole. Paris: Eugène Fasquelle.
Louÿs, Pierre (1933). The Adventures of King Pausole. Translated by Lumley, Charles Hope. New York, NY: privately printed for William Godwin, Inc.

[1] Lang 1947, p. 495.

[2] Spratt GK. Arthur Honegger. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.

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v t e Pierre Louÿs
Novels	Aphrodite (1896) The Woman and the Puppet (1898) The Adventures of King Pausole (1900) Trois Filles de leur mère (1926)
Other books	The Songs of Bilitis (1894) Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l'usage des maisons d'éducation (1927)
Works about	Curiosa (2019 biopic)