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FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF THE FIRST 109 COPIES NUMBERED ON PUR-FIL AND REPRINTED IN QUARTO TELLIÈRE, follow 896 copies in octavo format.

" Paulina 1880 is the starting point for this narrative work. Written in the form of short fragments, one hundred and nineteen in all, this adorable novel, which I have reread perhaps ten or twenty times, intertwines the erotic and mystical worlds in the most inextricable and natural way. [...]. Dn the character of Paulina, one of the most fascinating "female characters" in literature, it is not impossible to see the incarnation of at least part of Jouve's soul..",
André Pieyre de MandiarguesThe Radiant Novel in Third viewpointGallimard, Paris, 1971.

Admired by Rilke, Paulina 1880 won four votes for the Prix Goncourt and was adapted for the screen in 1972 by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli.