Ladies almanack : showing their signs and their tides, their moons and their changes, the seasons as it is with them, their eclipses and equinoxes, as well as a full record of diurnal and nocturnal distempers

"Lesbianism, its flories and sorows, is the subject and quest of this marvelously erverse sentimental journey by Nightwood’s author... A striking lesbian mainfesto and a deft parody." — Library Journal Blending fiction, myth, and revisionary parody and accompanied by the author’s delightful illustrations, Ladies Almanac is also a brilliant modernist composition and arguably the most audacious lesbian text of its time. While the book pokes fun at the wealthy expatriates who were Barnes’ literary contemporaries and remains controversial today, it seems to have delighted its cast of characters, which was also the first audience. Barney herself subsidized its private publication in 1928. Fifty of the 1050 copies of the first edition were hand colored by the author, who was identified only as a lady of Fashion: on the title page. Reissued to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the author's birth, this roman is set in the lesbian and cosmopolitan community that flourished in Paris during the 1910s and 1920s. Written in mock Elizabethan English, it focuses on salon mistress Natalie Clifford Barney and her social circle Whenever she was in Paris, Natalie Clifford Barney hosted a weekly international salon, receiving such figures as James Joyce, Ezra Pond, Isadora Duncan and Truman Capote. This volume of reminiscences chronicles her friendships and associations and evokes the golden age of her salon. Offers a parody accompanied by the author's illustrations. This book pokes fun at the wealthy expatriates who were author's literary contemporaries and remains controversial today, it seems to have delighted its cast of characters, which was also the first audience. "In this book, Barney explores her family tree, chronicles her friendships and associations through reprinted correspondence and recreated conversations, and evokes the golden age of her salon in gallery of literary portraits." -- Publisher's description Written & Illustrated By A Lady Of Fashion. Originally Published: 1928. Includes Bibliographical References.