Bryan Karetnyk

Games of love and jealousy: Ariane, by Claude Anet, reviewed

The erotic adventures of a teenager who finally meets her match became a succès de scandale in 1920, and will still raise eyebrows today

Jean Schopfer, who wrote under the alias Claude Anet. [Getty Images] 
issue 29 July 2023
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  • Ariane: A Russian Girl

    Claude Anet, translated by Mitchell Abidor

    NYRB Classics, pp. 176, £14

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