Hello! You may have noticed that I've removed some chapters. I decided that this story needed a little more oomph with the main character so I wanted to add some rewrites to explore her character a bit more, thus changing some elements of the fanfiction. These chapters added are very similar to the originals but with some additions, these will accumulate into more developed plot points later on. I apologize if this is confusing, but I promise the rewrites are better.
Full Synopsis:
Feeling isolated due to her recent diagnosis with hysteria, Apolline Rougeaux longs to return home to Paris after being gone for five years to pick up where she left off; a controversial education from her University Professor father, mischief with her impetuous friends, and reconnecting with her oldest playing and debating companion, Julien Enjolras.
But five years is a long time, and a lot has changed in Paris by the time she returns home in 1831. A new king sits on the throne and class unrest stirs like a sleeping storm.
Apolline is planted into a different situation than she imagined it would be. Her friends have deserted her, and she is finding it difficult to regain the close relationship she once had with Enjolras, who, frustratingly, can't seem to shake her from his thoughts.
Trapped inside a body that revolts against her, Apolline is faced with the daunting task of finding her place in this new Paris with the Les Amis, and understanding the forbidden mechanisms of her body during the disturbing, yet pleasurable, treatments she receives for her illness.
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