“Monica Lerbier” is a novel by Victor Marguerite, which caused a storm of scandal after its publication in France in 1922. Monica Lerbier, a young woman, decides to live by her own laws and indulges in the joys of “free love”. The novel, among other things, touches on the problem of revising gender stereotypes and the social status of women. The novel caused heated discussions, was immediately translated into all languages of the world, but in France the author, Victor Marguerite, was accused of encroaching on the foundations of morality and pornography, and deprived of the Order of the Legion of Honor.