Her first marriage to the writer Gauthier-Villard became the springboard for her career. She began with the Romans de Claudine, which were a huge success. There were already "Claudine" cigarettes and perfumes. In 1906, she went on stage. For the last ten years of her life, she was bedridden with a serious illness, but she continued to write. Autograph letter signed [18.03.1944]: She tell the correspondent how to find a copy of "Ces Plaisirs”: ”... veuillez vous adresser à l'ex-maison d'édition Ferenczi…".