Olivia

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With an introduction by André Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name.

At the age of sixteen, Olivia is sent to a Parisian finishing school to broaden her education. Soon after her arrival, she finds herself falling under the spell of her beautiful, sharp-witted teacher, Madamoiselle Julie.

Inspired by the author’s own youth, banned by the Catholic Church, Olivia is a groundbreaking, passionate, and subtle story of first – and forbidden – love.

'Perfectly captures the breathless excitement of adolescent passion' Sarah Waters

Vintage Desire: classic stories of lust and longing.

About Dorothy Strachey

Dorothy Strachey (1865-1960) was the sister of the novelist Lytton Strachey and a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group. She was André Gide's main English translator. Olivia, originally published under a pseudonym, is her only novel.

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