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Mirbeau had died in 1917, so the 1922 booklet was published five years after his death. It is thought the essay was probably written between 1910 and 1913, possibly in 1912. No French versions or manuscript have been found. There have been a number of theories as to the history of the essay prior to
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Bulgarian booklet was translated into French by Alexandre-Léon Lévy at the request of Pierre Michel so he could verify that the essay was indeed written by Mirbeau. Lévy's translation was subsequently published by Éditions Indigo – Côté Femmes, with an introduction by Michel and a preface by
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Belgium press. Pierre Michel doubts this theory as there is a high likelihood the original articles would have been known as part of Mirbeau's works. Literature professor Mireille Dottin-Orsini also dismisses this
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would maintain, were doubly victims: on the one hand, because of the economic and social conditions inflicted on women coming from disadvantaged backgrounds; and, on the other hand, because of the hypocrisy of a controlling class that scorns, rejects and condemns, in the name of a spurious
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Russian intellectual or anarchist review, (Mirbeau's works were well received in Russia at the time). The essay being subsequently translated from Russian to Bulgarian, as many other of his works had been. Dottin-Orsini supports this
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