Wing (French studies, Louisiana State U.) explores how two novels, a novella, a pseudo-confession narrative, and an autobiography written and published in France during the early and middle 19th century represent gender in the bodies and desires of their protagonists. He finds that the actors in all the texts come to know their identities through the experience of sexuality. Excerpts are in French and English. Distributed by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR