For some women, becoming a cocotte was also a way to achieve financial comfort before settling down in marriage. Some managed their fortune, others died in misery, others finally, like Sarah Bernhardt , who in the beginning was a cocotte, became adulated actresses. For a rich man of the period, keeping a cocotte was seen as a symbol of his status and virility.
Cocottes were elegant, fashionable and extravagant, the papers reported on their clothing, parties and affairs. This novel describes the life and tragic fate of a street-walker who rises to become a cocotte, and whose ways lead to ruin the powerful men she meets.
Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. Historical term for high class prostitutes in France. This article is about French prostitutes. For other uses, see Cocotte disambiguation. Overview [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Archived from the original on 17 February Retrieved 16 February The Observer.
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