The Marquise of O

"An almost flawless portrait of passions"-Boston Phoenix

Set in 18th century Italy during the Franco-Prussian War, The Marquise Of Ocenters on a young widow (Edith Clever) who is saved from an attempted rape but then mysteriously finds herself pregnant several months later.Unaware of how this happened, she is sent away by her family and ends up marrying her rescuer, whom she doesn't know is the child's father.