Louis Protat
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Louis Protat (1819-1881) was a French writer.
He is the author of Serrefesse. Some notion of its contents may be gained from inspecting the characters. Pinecul, whoremonger and thief; Cuillardin, chief sewer cleaner; Cruche, supposedly a eunuch, seller of condoms; Pinolie, Cruche's wife; and Serrefesse. The whole plot hinges on the fact that Cuillardin had raped Serrefesse and after she has shot herself, her betrayer is put out of the way by Cruche and his gang. The language is foul though there are traces of wit in the volume. Another book of Protat's, The Examination of Flora, eclipses all its contemporaries both in erotic license and, in this one case, in literary value as well.
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