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A character in Under the Roofs of Paris

Marcelle

One of four women named on the 1983 jacket as figures in the narrator’s episodic Paris encounters.

The book

Cover of Under the Roofs of Paris by Henry Miller
Under the Roofs of ParisHenry Miller, 1983

Six commissioned erotic pieces, published after Miller’s death under two titles — and shadowed by a serious authorship dispute.

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Who they are in the book

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Marcelle is one of the four women named in Grove Press’s 1983 jacket description of Opus Pistorum, the collection later republished as Under the Roofs of Paris.

Because the public catalogue record gives only her name and the underlying text is not available in a verifiable open edition, this guide does not invent an age, appearance, occupation, or real-life model for her.

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