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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Kavanagh, Julie, 1952-     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kavanagh, Julie, 1952-       by title:      The girl who loved c...       by call number:      944.063 D936k     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Biography 944.063 D936k Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Biography 944.063 D936k Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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