A compilation of Fumi Yoshinaga's series about Claude and Antoine, a young aristocrat and his butler, as well as other stories set in 18th Century Europe.
 
1. Chinoiserie (シノワズリ); BE×BOY GOLD Summer 1995 
2. Aru Kizoku no Ichinichi (ある貴族達の一日 | A Day in the Life of an Aristocrat) 
3. Koshou no Bunzai (小姓の分際 | A Page's Proper Place); BE×BOY GOLD 1998-02 
4. Ai to wa Yoru ni Kizuku Mono (愛とは夜に気付くもの | A Love Realized at Night); BE×BOY GOLD 1998-12 
5. Shitsuji no Bunzai (執事の分際 | A Butler’s Proper Place); BE×BOY GOLD Summer 1996 
6. "Shitsuji no Bunzai" no Sugu Ato (「執事の分際」のすぐ後 | Right After "A Butler’s Proper Place") 
7. Shujn no Bunzai (主人の分際 | A Master's Proper Place) 
8. Shujin to Kifujin (主人と貴婦人 | Master and Lady) 
9. Yuki no Furu Yoru (雪の降る夜 | One Snowy Night) 
10. Aa Aruji yo, Kono Yorokobi wo (ああ主よ、このよろこびを | Lord, I Give My Graciousness) 
11. Eien ni (永遠に | Eternally)

Hired as a servant by an Aristocrat family, Claude works hard to care for the family that took him in. But when the master of the house and his wife eventually pass away, Claude must keep spoiled son Antoine in line and teach him to be a proper gentleman. As the two become closer, a forbidden love develops between them... 
(Source: BLU Manga)

From modern-day tales of romance in Seattle, to eerie stories from historical Japanese fantasy, to Yoshinaga's further depiction of the class conflict before the French Revolution. The characters Claude and Antoine, a young aristocrat and his butler, are initially introduced in this volume, and we see their further adventures in the sister volume, Lovers in the Night. (Source: BLU Manga)

Published in BE×BOY GOLD Summer 1995

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