Project Gutenberg 2017-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 79 Choisy, abbé de 1644 1724 Choisy, abbe de Choisy, François-Timoléon de Choisy, Francois-Timoleon de De Choisy, François-Timoléon Montifaud, Marc de 1850 Quivogne de Montifaud, Marie Amelie Chartroule de Montifaud Hanriot, Jules-Armand 1853 1930 Aventures de l'abbé de Choisy habillé en femme Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Clarity, Hélène de Mink, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Aventures de l'abbé de Choisy habillé en femme" by abbé de Choisy is a memoir written in the late 17th century. The book chronicles the life and escapades of François-Timoléon de Choisy, who, notably, cross-dressed and lived much of his life as a woman, often participating in courtly intrigues and societal affairs of the time. Through his experiences, Choisy explores themes of gender, identity, and desire within the context of the French aristocracy. The opening of the memoir introduces us to the author's life as he is compelled to recapture his youthful adventures at the request of a lady friend. He reflects on his peculiar upbringing, where he was dressed as a girl from a young age, leading to his participation in theatrical performances as a woman. He recounts the joys and follies of his life, including the societal and romantic attention he received while dressed as Madame de Sancy. The narrative captures the complexities of his identity and the happiness he found in being cherished and admired as a woman, leading to a humorous yet poignant commentary on societal expectations and personal desire. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Choisy, abbé de, 1644-1724 Cross-dressers -- France -- Biography DC Text FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: History - European 218011 218050 2024-11-22T10:33:37.497572 2023-09-23T09:40:21.565978 text/html text/html 212877 2017-01-21T10:52:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 274345 2017-01-21T10:53:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 325625 2024-11-22T10:33:42.491543 application/epub+zip 325103 2024-11-22T10:33:38.820558 application/epub+zip 154753 2024-11-22T10:33:38.033556 application/epub+zip 397185 2024-11-22T10:33:45.339503 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372084 2024-11-22T10:33:41.870511 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203148 2022-09-24T15:34:29.014458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198572 198349 2024-11-22T10:33:36.971589 2023-09-23T09:40:21.048994 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 191553 2017-01-21T10:52:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 69507 2017-01-21T10:53:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 21387 2024-11-22T10:33:45.502506 application/rdf+xml 13388 2024-11-22T10:33:38.137522 image/jpeg 2587 2024-11-22T10:33:38.085701 image/jpeg 282086 2024-11-22T10:33:37.540583 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia