This 1913 novel is an adaptation of the controversial play Les Avaris, by the French playwright Eugne Brieux, which featured the first frank depiction of sex and STIs. In Sinclairs novelization, George Dupont, while engaged to his cousin, contracts syphilis, leading to a plot which aims to dispel the myths and spread knowledge about sexually transmitted infections.
ISBN: | 9781411459502 |
Publication date: | 23rd August 2011 |
Author: | Sinclair, Upton |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | Ebook (Epub) |