# Woman and Puppet, Etc.

By Pierre Louÿs.

"Woman and Puppet, Etc." by Pierre Louÿs is a novel written in 1898. Set during carnival in Seville, it tells the story of don Mateo Diaz and his turbulent relationship with Conchita Pérez, a bewitching young Andalusian woman. Through cycles of attraction and rejection, flirtation and jealousy, don Mateo finds himself manipulated for fourteen months before a violent confrontation changes everything. The novel explores obsessive passion and psychological manipulation in a tale that has inspired numerous opera and film adaptations. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: G. F. Monkshood
- Subjects: Short stories, French -- Translations into English; French fiction -- Translations into English

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