abstract:Marthe, histoire d'une fille (English: Marthe, the Story of a Girl - where "girl" has the implication "prostitute" ) was the first novel by the French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans, published in 1876.
For example, "The French Window" at first looks like a sunlit interior, with a view looking out into a verdant garden and a woman--Marthe--sewing in the foreground.