Camille

by Alexandre Dumas (Fils)

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Camille,The Lady of the Camellias ,or in French La Dame aux camelias) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848. The title character is Marguerite Gautier, who is based on Marie Duplessis, the real-life lover of author Dumas, fils The theme of the Lady of the Camellias is a love story between Marguerite Gautier, a "demi-mondaine" ("courtisane" in the original French, i.e., a woman "kept" by various lovers, frequently more than one at a time) suffering from tuberculosis, and a young provincial bourgeois, Armand Duval. The narration of the love story is told by Duval himself to the (unnamed) narrator of the book. She is named as the Lady of the camellias because she wears a white camellia when she is available to her lover(s) and a red one when her delicate condition precludes making love.
  • ISBN10 3842440243
  • ISBN13 9783842440241
  • Publish Date 3 November 2011 (first published 1 September 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Tredition Classics
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 224
  • Language English