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Kavanagh, Julie, 1952-
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Duplessis, Marie, 1824-1847.
Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895 Dame aux camélias. -- Sources.
Courtesans -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Courtesans in literature.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Kavanagh, Julie, 1952-
Duplessis, Marie, 1824-1847.
Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895 Dame aux camélias. -- Sources.
Courtesans -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Courtesans in literature.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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The girl who loved camellias : the life and legend of Marie Duplessis / Julie Kavanagh.
by
Kavanagh, Julie, 1952-
Alfred A. Knopf, c2013.
Call #:
944.063 D936k
Subjects
Duplessis, Marie, 1824-1847.
Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895 Dame aux camélias. -- Sources.
Courtesans
-- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Courtesans
in
literature
.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780307270795 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xii, 288 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The astonishing and unknown story of Marie Duplessis, the courtesan who inspired Alexandre Dumas fils's novel and play La dame aux camélias, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata, George Cukor’s film Camille, and Frederick Ashton’s ballet Marguerite and Armand. Julie Kavanagh brilliantly re-creates the short, intense, and passionate life of the tall, pale, slender girl who at thirteen fled her brute of a father and Normandy to go to Paris, where she would become one of the grand
courtesans
of the 1840s. Alexandre Dumas père, was intrigued by her, his son became her lover, and Franz Liszt, too, fell under her spell. Her early death at age twenty-three from tuberculosis created an outpouring of sympathy"--Provided by publisher.
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