Venus In The Cloister
Venus in the Cloister or The Nun in her Smock, known in the original French as Vénus dans le cloître, ou la Religieuse en chemise (1683) is a work of erotic fiction by the "Abbé du Prat", which is a pseudonym for an unknown author. Candidates for whom this might be include Jean Barrin (1640 - Rennes - † 7/9/1718 Nantes ) and François de Chavigny de La Bretonnière.
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