Grappling with Feminism in the Belle Epoque: Colette Yver's "Princesses de science" and "Les Dames du palais"

[...]Yver has produced a polarizing character in Thérèse, a woman whose intellect and determination are enviable but who is so cold-hearted that the reader cannot help but feel a vague satisfaction when she gets her comeuppance at the end of the novel in the form of a rival for Fernand's affection.