Ariane, jeune fille russe (1920), also known as Ariane, A Russian Girl, is a historical fiction novel by French writer and tennis player Jean Schopfer, published under the pseudonym Claude Anet. The story follows a 17-year-old Russian woman named Ariane who is a beautiful, intelligent, and captivating conversationalist. When Ariane distracts her aunt's love interest, she is no longer welcome at home and is expected to marry, but she wants to continue her education in Moscow. She makes an arrangement with a wealthy, elderly engineer to fund her studies in exchange for a few hours of conversation. The novel is about a young woman in pre-revolutionary Russia who finds love and independence with an older man, and is known for its sexual frankness and complexity