"This novel -- called "splendid" by Henry James -- first appeared in 1847. Lucrezia Floriani, a worldly 30-year-old actress and the mother of 4 children with 3 different fathers, meets and falls in love with Prince Karol, a moody, introspective aristocrat. Lucrezia is a thinly disguised George Sand, and Prince Karol is Chopin. Because the novel was considered scandalous, this is the first English translation.
- ISBN10 0666928967
- ISBN13 9780666928962
- Publish Date 4 August 2018 (first published 1 April 1985)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Forgotten Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language French