En famille

FIRST EDITION. One of 47 numbered copies on laid paper from the Vizille paper mills, the only large-paper edition.

What mistake did Fanny make? What is she guilty of to be rejected by her own family, who do not seem to consider her one of them? Besides, is her name really Fanny? What is wrong with her twenty years? Minor flirtations, insolence? Seducing her cousin Eugene or leaving George, her fiancé, "who was like her"? Having gone through some crisis of youthful originality; being the "black sheep" who upsets any family; being adopted, perhaps, or a "newcomer," as they say? None of these hypotheses seem to hold true as the story unfolds.