Gold, Featherbed and Nightly Devilry

In a provincial English town, young ladies are yearning to get married. Delicate beings: slender wrists, pale faces, impeccable manners. Unfortunately for them, there are no eligible bachelors around. And so, a wealthy heir arrives at a neighboring estate and announces that he is looking for a bride. But with one condition: the chosen one must undergo a special trial, spending the night in his castle on a bed of a dozen mattresses...
Flor Vesco is the author of the novel "Mirella" (2021), a master of wordplay and stylization. This time, the writer intertwines 19th-century women's novels with the fairy tales of Perrault and Andersen and goes further — into the realm of erotic literature. You will experience coming of age through the exploration of your body and gaining strength for separation from the ghosts of the past. Sorcieres Prize 2022.