![]() ![]() ![]() As they grow closer, their relationship is threatened by jealousy and rivalry, and the school year seems destined to end in tragedy. Published under the pseudonym Olivia it is a subtle classic of lesbian. But Mademoiselle Julie’s life is not as straightforward as Olivia imagines. Dedicated to the memory of Virginia Woolf, Olivia was Dorothy Stracheys only novel. ![]() 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. Olivia, first published in 1949 and loosely based on the author’s life, is a groundbreaking, passionate, and subtle story of first love. He will be in conversation with writer Stacy D’Erasmo ( Wonderland, The Art of Intimacy) to discuss the novel’s impact. Donate $10 to Help Support Our ProgrammingĬritically acclaimed author André Aciman credits Dorothy Strachey’s Olivia, reissued by Penguin Classics this June with an introduction by Aciman himself, as inspiration for his Call Me By Your Name. A 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. ![]()
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