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...takes a woman to no one. The frightened namby-pamby man who attempted the first sub rosa translation of Miss Trepan's classic was far too squeamish. He glossed over obscenities and quailed before realities...
...Story of F this gaily flecked moth who enchants the night with her musk (and by this I refer to the curious Miss Trepan) has indeed spread a queer and elusive scent. I am reminded of the Dutchman who when asked why he ploughed his canal boat up and down the same straight canal all his life, replied, "Because it is there." The Story of F is also there and a such must be dealt with...
...essence of that shy beguiling, no, demanding creature that is woman. We men are silly. When we whip our mistresses or have our hounds taunt them, we think it is we who enjoy this. Not so. It is the wily women (and I have no doubts that Miss Trepan is such a one) who with every shriek twist we men around their little fingers. What vain creatures! How silly we men! How silly women! How silly...
This is the first edition to appear in English of that strange, yet curious work, The Story of F by the mysterious Paulette Trepan who has us all guessing who she is. We at Grove Press are proud to be behind this work 100 per cent in case the passages on pages 35, 74 and 99 result in any litigation. Much as we dislike litigation we are unalterably courageous in these matters...
...approval of an immortal like M. Jean, who has chosen to remain anonymous by omitting his last name (there is a story, concerning M. Jean and this book, perhaps apocryphal, perhaps untrue--that when M. Jean was nominated for the Academic Francaise, 13,000 volumes of Miss Trepan's books were found in the meeting room of those immortels who were to decide on his admission. No one knows how they got there. It is a very simple story) is worthy of publication on our list. And we will stand by that decision come hell or high water...