Thomas r hart university of oregon figures of ill repute representing prostitution in nineteenth century france by charles bernheimer cambridge mass harvard university press 1989 329 p. Figures of ill repute representing prostitution in nineteenth century francecharles bernheimer lloyd s kramer. learn and whom i thank for his careful and perceptive reading of this entire book in manuscript of david willbern and amy doerr who offered me the hospitality . Ubiquitous in the streets and brothels of nineteenth century paris the prostitute was even more so in the novels and paintings of the time charles bernheimer discusses how these representations of the sexually available woman express male ambivalence about desire money class and the body. Ubiquitous in the streets and brothels of nineteenth century paris the prostitute was even more