 Lévy's translation was subsequently published by Éditions Indigo – Côté Femmes, with an introduction by Michel and a preface by Alain Corbin, a French historian who specialises in the late 19th century in France, including prostitution.On behalf of the "Société Octave Mirbeau", Bérangère de Grandpré translated the essay into English "(The Love of a Venal Woman)" and Italian "(L’amore della donna venale)" in 2005.In "L'Amour de la femme vénale", Mirbeau explores the causes of prostitution, both economic and social, from his own experiences.