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Angelinette

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A young woman raised and lodged in a house of ill repute becomes its central occupant, moving through a routine of dancing, drinking, and transactional intimacy while her grandmother and the proprietor manage the establishment. The account observes her thin, practiced physicality, habitual fatigue, and emotional detachment alongside the patrons who sustain the business. Quiet interludes with older women and small acts of reciprocity punctuate the nights, and the narrative traces a cyclical pattern of exploitation, survival, and resignation, revealing the informal economies, interpersonal loyalties, and social routines that shape her constrained existence.

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Title: Angelinette

Author: Neel Doff

Release date: November 29, 2023 [eBook #72260]

Language: French

Original publication: Paris: G. Crès, 1923

Credits: Laurent Vogel (This book was produced from images generously made available by Archives et Musée de la Littérature (AML))

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANGELINETTE ***

NEEL DOFF

ANGELINETTE

PARIS
LES ÉDITIONS G. CRÈS ET Cie
21, RUE HAUTEFEUILLE, 21

MCMXXIII

IL A ÉTÉ TIRÉ DE CET OUVRAGE :
25 exemplaires sur verge pur fil Lafuma
(dont 5 hors commerce)
numérotés de 1 à 20 et de 21 à 25

Copyright by Les Éditions G. Crès et Cie, 1923.
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