Egnate Ninoshvili (1859 – 1894) is an important representative of Georgian prose of the 19^th century, and the long story Kristine (1892) is considered to be his most acclaimed work. In Kristine Egnate Ninoshvili describes the miserable life of a contemporary peasant girl, who was raped by a depraved nobleman and after this became a prostitute. In his story, the author describes some extremely acute social problems, and the problem of prostitution is also first of all shown from a social point of view. The main theme of the novel Albertine (1886) by distinguished Norwegian writer Christan Krohg (1852 – 1925) is prostitution as well. Albertine also comes from the poor lower class. After being raped by a police chief superintendent, Albertine also goes the way of prostitution. In addition to the social dimension, Christian Krohg also puts forward other aspects of the theme of prostitution, and at the end of the story, Albertine, once a shy and humble girl, is presented as a completely debauched, provocatively lustful and even demonized woman. Christan Krohg’s novel is to a certain extent influenced by Emil Zola’s well-known novel Nana (1880).

Keywords: Prostitution, Male abuse of women, Naturalism, Norwegian literature, Georgian literature.