 "French
Model"
by Cecil Barr
Beacon Books (B 133)
original publication 1934
The back cover reads:
"NAUGHTY...BUT OH, SO NICE!
All right, so she was illegitimate. That wouldn't
have bothered her, if her stepfather hadn't been so darn loving! Oh, Daffodil
knew she was tempting enough. After all, she was the most sought after
nude model--and such a model--in Paris. But he had no right to try and
keep her delectable charms for himself...
Not with every playboy
and well-heeled rake in town dying to keep her happy. For if she couldn't
have Brian, the man she wanted, then anybody would do in a pinch. Besides,
all was not lost. Though it made her stepfather furious, wasn't she now
posing in the altogether for Brian? Sooner or later he would have to break
down, she figured--and she was right. What happened in the end scandalized
everybody--even the shockproof Daffodil!"
Our fair-haired heroine
Daffodil has found herself in the middle of the Parisian art circles, being
the object of affection of both artists and critics alike. Her incredible
talent, as the back cover says, is that of a nude model. But not only that,
she is a chaste and virginal nude model, who will not be had by any man.
They can look and paint all they want, but they can't touch. And that,
of course, causes the Frenchmen to line up around the block to win her
affections. This book combines the risqué high-brow foreign film
mystique with decidedly low-brow pulp paperback tawdriness making it the
best of both worlds. Another plus for this book is the unusual photographed
cover (of a lustful Frenchman and his helpless model we assume) in lieu
of the traditional painted one.
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