Premier of the eponymous tetralogy of Teenage Girls, which will succeed Pity for women, the demon of good and Leprosy, this novel is a timeless masterpiece which glue a nasty antiquated and misogynistic label. Nothing more contemporary and current, however, that this amazing work that blends aesthetics of the Belle Epoque (even if the action takes place in the 1920s), atmosphere and very eighteenth concerns (libertinism, research uninhibited enjoyment of equal ambition equality, epistolary nature of some of the novel) with a moralistic style and Research Grand century resolutely maxims. In trade with the believing Costals Thérèse, passionate Andrée and bland Solange (the one he chooses, despite all logic), all pallets feeling of love are explored. Lovers of quotes on the inexhaustible subject of relationships between men and women will be thrilled; Literature lovers will be fascinated by this work which evokes both Racine and Laclos, Proust and Rochefoucauld. Reading should be compulsory in all schools; Replay is recommended fifteen years later.
