Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne

thumb| Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne (born Nicolas-Edme Rétif or Nicolas-Edme Restif; 23 October 1734 – 3 February 1806), also known as Rétif, was a French novelist. The term retifism for shoe fetishism was named after him Quotes Fontenelle disait: ‘Il n'est point de chagrin qui tienne contre une heure de lecture.’ Or, de toutes les lectures, la plus entraînante est celle des ouvrages érotiques, surtout lorsqu'ils sont accompagnés de figures expressives. L'Anti-Justine (1798), Introduction Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902) Edited by J. de Finod. New York: D. Appleton and Co. thumb|The life of a woman is a long dissimulation. At twenty, man is less a lover of woman than of women: he is more in love with the sex than with the individual, however charming she may be. p. 48 The life of a woman is a long dissimulation. Candor, beauty, freshness, virginity, modesty — a woman has each of these but once. When lost, she must simulate them the rest of her life. p. 74 The ear is the last resort of chastity: after it is expelled from the heart, it takes refuge there. p. 92 A secret passion defends the heart of a woman better than her moral sense. p. 106 The heart of youth is reached through the senses; the senses of age are reached through the heart. p. 145 Quotes about Restif de la Bretonne Restif de la Bretonne undoubtedly holds a remarkable place in French literature. He was inordinately vain, of extremely relaxed morals, and perhaps not entirely sane. His books were written with haste, and their licence of subject and language renders them quite unfit for general perusal. "Restif, Nicolas Edme", Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. (1911), vol. 23, p. 200 External links Category:Novelists from France Category:Playwrights from France Category:Short story writers from France Category:Science fiction authors Category:Erotica authors Category:Diarists Category:Translators from France Category:Communists from France Category:1734 births Category:1806 deaths