Parts 1 and 2 of The Troubles of Janice can be found here.

In Part 3 of Janice’s troubles the young widow is reclaimed by the wicked viscount, who has his way with her and dispatches her to London, to experience the depravities of the city’s mean streets. She meets up with her former lover Richard, and the viscount’s evil lawyer Redman joins those taking full advantage. In the showdown between Richard and the viscount neither comes out well, and Janice is left once more to her own (naked) devices. Part 3 introduces Bernard Joubert as the creator of the narrative, which is as a result tighter and more varied; the artwork continues to mature, and colour creeps in throughout.

Part 4 is in every way the most accomplished of the quartet. An inconsolable Janice, having lost all her lovers, leaves the mansion with the viscount’s maid Victoria (they are of course very active lesbian lovers). The plan is to travel to Venice, where beautiful young women are apparently valued and respected, but inevitably things go horribly wrong. Pirates, sea battles, a slave market, and the reappearance of the black servant Horace, all intervene before Janice finally makes it to the Italian city, and – eventually – a degree of happiness. We now have full colour throughout, and von Götha’s graphic style has reached the maturity of his later work.