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The Little House

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The Little House	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })First published in 1758 (with a revision published in 1763), La Petite Maison (translated: The Little House) is the work of French author and playwright Jean-François de Bastide. The work is a short story that combines the genres of salacious romance and architectural treatise.The plot details a private tour of the Marquis Trémicour's luxurious petite maison (literally translated this means "little house," but in the 1700's it was slang for a love-nest or a set of apartments kept for a mistress) provided to Mélite, the beautiful girl Trémicour has made it his mission to seduce. Mélite is virtuous but naïve, fully confident in her ability to resist Trémicour's flirtations. Trémicour is likewise convinced that his refined tastes and aesthetic sensitivity will convince the recalcitrant Mélite of his affections. Thus their battle begins, fought amidst the splendorous gardens and sumptuous furnishings of Trémicour's sensual personal retreat.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The full text of the original French publication is available on Wikisource. English quotes on this page are taken from the 1996 translation produced by Rodolphe El-Khoury.Spoilers below are unmarked.
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The Little House / int_225d4412	comment	Played Straight: Trémicour's immaculate good taste and the luxurious furnishings of his love-nest win out over Mélite's hesitancy to respond to his romantic advances.
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The Little House / int_5e2e55e4	comment	The Casanova: Trémicour is notorious for his sexual conquests, many of whom were seduced at the very petite maison Mélite is convinced to visit.
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The Little House / int_90c018ac	comment	Justified/ Enforced: The work was written to titillate and educate the reader in equal parts, and an introduction to the masters of high end design and décor was part of that package. The fictional petite maison decorated with the works of real artisans who were considered the best of the best in their field served as a guided tour for author de Bastide's own ideas regarding luxury interior home design. (The modern equivalent would be a novel describing an apartment decorated with works by Picasso and Frida Kahlo, extoling the painters' mastery over color, form, and symbolism to beautify and enliven a living room or foyer. It doesn't hurt that the inclusion of such works by famous, well-regarded artists demonstrates the wealth and exquisite taste of the works' owner.) The Little House was written to guide readers towards their own appreciation for home design. By including references to painters and ceramicists and gardeners and stage designers who were renowned throughout France, the story's praise for the work of real artists and the effect their work has on the fictional Mélite served as a model for how de Bastide believed interior decorating could capture and seduce the senses.
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The Little House / int_91cecc1e	comment	Exaggerated: Mélite, herself no stranger to flirtation, willingly visits the petite maison with determination to resist Trémicour's heavy handed advances. The combined impression of the top-dollar artistry and Trémicour's taste overpower Mélite's chaste nature, so that by the end of the house tour she has fallen head over heels for the notoriously amorous Marquis — having been convinced by his exquisite taste in interior design that he truly possesses the enlightened soul of an artist and that his passions for her must be genuine.
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The Little House / int_d77d719d	comment	Distracted by the Luxury: Played Straight, Exaggerated, and Justified. Played Straight: Trémicour's immaculate good taste and the luxurious furnishings of his love-nest win out over Mélite's hesitancy to respond to his romantic advances. Justified/ Enforced: The work was written to titillate and educate the reader in equal parts, and an introduction to the masters of high end design and décor was part of that package. The fictional petite maison decorated with the works of real artisans who were considered the best of the best in their field served as a guided tour for author de Bastide's own ideas regarding luxury interior home design. (The modern equivalent would be a novel describing an apartment decorated with works by Picasso and Frida Kahlo, extoling the painters' mastery over color, form, and symbolism to beautify and enliven a living room or foyer. It doesn't hurt that the inclusion of such works by famous, well-regarded artists demonstrates the wealth and exquisite taste of the works' owner.) The Little House was written to guide readers towards their own appreciation for home design. By including references to painters and ceramicists and gardeners and stage designers who were renowned throughout France, the story's praise for the work of real artists and the effect their work has on the fictional Mélite served as a model for how de Bastide believed interior decorating could capture and seduce the senses.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
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