Léon DAUDET (1867-1942) Autograph manuscript signed, L'Entremetteuse, contemporary novel, 1921; 187 pages in-fol. Complete manuscript of this novel that caused a scandal. Published by Flammarion in 1921, this novel about a madam, which will be dedicated to Marcel Proust, caused a scandal and was violently attacked by the Catholic press; Daudet decided to remove it from his work. It was thus withdrawn from the market, put in the pillar and never republished. The manuscript, complete with the Prologue and the ten chapters, presents erasures and corrections. 14 ff. of plans and sketches are attached.