The landmark novel that inspired Verdi’s opera La Traviata, in a sparkling new translation "One of the greatest love stories of all time," according to Henry James, and the inspiration for Verdi’s opera La Traviata, the Oscar-winning musical Moulin Rouge!, and numerous ballets, stage plays (starring Lillian Gish, Eleonora Duse, Tallulah Bankhead, and Sarah Bernhardt, and films (starring Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Rudolph Valentino, Isabelle Huppert, and Colin Firth), The Lady of the Camellias itself was inspired by the real-life nineteeth-century courtesan Marie Duplessis, the lover of the novel’s author, Alexander Dumas fils. Known to all as “the Lady of the Camellias” because she is never seen without her favorite flowers, Marguerite Gautier, the most beautiful, brazen, and expensive courtesan in all of Paris. But despite having many lovers, she has never really loved—until she meets Armand Duval, young, handsome, and hopelessly in love with her. “Marguerite and Armand are the kind of bright, self-destructive young things we still read about in magazines, watch on-screen, or brush up against today.” —Liesl Schillinger, from the Note on the Translation For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Lady of the Camellias (Penguin Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Dumas Fils, Alexandre

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Vassiliev, Mr Alexander

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Alexander Vassiliev

The Lady of the Camellias

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The Son of Clemenceau: A Novel of Modern Love and Life

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 A LANDMARK NOVEL       The Lady of the Camellias is one the greatest love stories of all time. It s based on the life of Marie Duplessis, a courtesan and the real-life lover of Alexandre Dumas, fils. A timeless classic, The Lady of the Camellias is a landmark novel that inspired Verdi s opera La Traviata, and the Oscar-winning musical Moulin Rouge!   The theme of the Lady of the Camellias is a love story between Marguerite Gautier, a courtesan and a young provincial bourgeois, Armand Duval. Armand falls in love with Marguerite and ultimately becomes her lover, convincing her to turn her back on her life as a courtesan and live with him in the countryside. This idyllic existence is broken by Armand's father, who, concerned by the scandal created by the illicit relationship convinces Marguerite to leave Armand, who believes, up until Marguerite's death, that she has left him for another man.   Dumas is careful to paint a favourable portrait of Marguerite, who despite her past is rendered virtuous by her love for Armand, and the suffering of the two lovers, whose love is shattered by the need to conform to the morals of the times, is rendered touchingly. The novel is also marked by the description of Parisian life during the 19th century and the fragile world of the courtesans.   PRAISE FOR THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS   Wonderful portrayal of a delicate relationship   The original. Read it! 

Marie Duplessis, The Lady of the Camellias

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During 1844 Dumas met Marie Duplessis, a Young courtesan who supposedly was the inspiration for his novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux camélias). Of course the heroine’s name was changed to Marguerite Gautier. The novel was later adapted into a play, and it was titled Camille in English. This same play became the basis for Verdi’s opera, La Traviata. Although the intrigues, overall plot, and denouement may be easy to guess, the narrating voices hold the story in complete suspense to the bitter end. The acts of both, helpers and principals, advance relentlessly as told by four different narrators: an unnamed voice (presumably the author’s), Armand Duval, Marguerite Gautier, and Juliet Duprat (a friend). La Dame aux camellias is a timeless story that will continue to captivate readers for many generations to come.

La Dame aux Camelias: The Lady of the Camelias

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La Dame aux Camélias (French Edition)

"La Dame aux camélias" par Alexandre Dumas fils. Alexandre Dumas fils était un romancier et auteur dramatique français (1824-1895).

La Dame aux camélias (French Edition)

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