Femme Fatale

Femme Fatale combines the title story and three other short stories from French author Guy de Maupassant. I can only say that they felt rather explicit and openly contained lesbianism which quite surprised me since it was being written in Victorian times. Something else I notices was that it had a French-ness that I can’t really explain any better.

The stories themselves were okay, but none of them left a real impression with me. Rather, they felt quite flat, but I’m not sure some of it was lost in translation. Since I don’t read in French, it would have to be in translation again, so I don’t think I will be reading more of this author.