The book includes two novels by Claude Prosper Joliot Crebillon fils (1707-1777), the author of a large number of works that enjoyed scandalous popularity and simply great reader success in the 18th century. Depicting French secular society, frankly and boldly depicting its moral decline, the loss of ideals, the pursuit of the most sophisticated pleasures, in the first novel (1734) the writer took advantage of the then fashionable Orientalism and described the amusing love failures of a prince from some enchanted kingdom. In the second novel (1742), the debunking of the noble "libertinage" reaches particular sharpness and strength. Although here, too, Crebillon inventively and wittily dresses representatives of secular society in pseudo-oriental clothes. CONTENTS: The slotted spoon, or Tanzai and Neadarne. Japanese history (translation by E.E. Babaeva) (7). Sofa. Moral tale (translation by E.E. Babaeva) (149). APPENDICES A.D. Mikhailov. Two novels by Crebillon the son - oriental rococo amusements, or Reflections on the nature of love (305). N.O. Vedeneeva. French illustration from the 18th century. (330). Notes (compiled by A.D. Mikhailov) Preliminary remarks (338). Shumovka, or Tanzai and Neadarne. Japanese history (339).Sofa. Moral tale (352). LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (compiled by N.O. Vedeneeva) (362). FRONTISTIST Krebillon-son. Portrait by G. Dagoti ALBOM playing Chinese chess. Engraving by J. Ingram (1721-?) based on the original by F. Boucher (1703-1770). Etching, chisel. Shepherd in love. Engraving by S.-E. Pat (1744-1802) based on the original by Keverdo (1748-1797). Etching, chisel. Loss of innocence. Engraving of Dori (XVIII century) based on the original by C. Muatt (1748-1790). Colored aquatint. Departure for the islands. Engraving by Dupin (1718-?) based on the original by A. Watteau (1684-1721). Etching, chisel. Rural entertainment. Engraving by Germain (1733-?) and S.-E. Pat based on the original by L. Moreau (1712-?). Etching, chisel.Wreath. Engraving by M. de Monchy (1746-18..?) based on the original by B. Lan (?). Etching, chisel. Fireworks displayed in Meudon in 1735. Engraving by C.-N. Cochin (1715-1790) based on the original by Debonval (18th century). Etching, chisel. “I’m coming!” Engraving by L. Marin (second half of the 18th century) based on the original by J. Baudouin (1723-1769). Colored dotted line. Pleasant bondage. Engraving of Dory based on the original by F. Leclerc (1717-1768). Etching, chisel. Reclining nude. Engraving by J. Demarteau (1722-1776) based on the original by F. Boucher. Pencil style: “Who’s there?” Engraving by L. Maren based on the original by J. Baudouin. Colored dotted line. Carlina's awakening. Engraving by Carré (second half of the 18th century) based on the original by Caroma (?). Colored dotted line. “I am busy with you...” Engraving by J. Vidal (1742-1804) based on the original by M. Gerard (XVIII century). Etching, chisel.Venus and Cupid. Engraving by J. Demarteau based on the original by F. Boucher. Pencil style. Dangerous attention. Engraving by A.-F. Dennel (worked in Paris from 1760 to 1815) based on the original by F. Boucher. Etching, chisel. Comparison with a bouquet of roses. Engraving by A.-F. Dennel based on the original by G. de Saint-Aubin (1724-1780). Etching, chisel. IN THE TEXTIllustrations for the novel “Skimmer, or Tanzai and Neadarne”. Engravings by L.F. Dubourg (1693-1775). Illustrations for the novel “The Sofa.” Engravings by J. Pelletier (1736-?). Title page of the novel “Skimmer, or Tanzai and Neadarné”, published in 1734 (321). Title page of the novel “Sofa”, published in 1749 (324).