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The Girl Who Loved Camellias By Julie Kavanagh Book 2013 Life Of Marie Duplessis
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- Artist
- Kavanagh, Julie
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- Type
- Paperback / softback
- EAN
- 9780804171557
- ISBN
- 0804171556
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- Release Title
- The Girl Who Loved Camellias: The Life and Legend of Marie Dup...
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0804171556
ISBN-13
9780804171557
eBay Product ID (ePID)
176195679
Product Key Features
Book Title
Girl Who Loved Camellias : the Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Cultural Heritage, European / French, Modern / 19th Century, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
The New York Times Editor''s Choice "With her colorful new biography, Julie Kavanagh exposes the tawdry reality behind her heroine''s legend." --Caroline Weber, The New York Times "Kavanagh succeeds brilliantly in coming as close to her subject as it is possible...A Compelling and moving account of a short, forgotten life which is far more interesting than fiction." -- The Spectator (UK) ''"It is," said Proust, "a work which goes straight to the heart." He was talking about La Traviata, which was first performed in Venice in 1853 and is still performed around the world 160 years on. The plot is as unlikely as the plots of most operas and as full of mad, melodramatic twists. But its story, it is clear from this extraordinary book, isn''t half as melodramatic as the life that inspired it. [...] An absorbing, thoughtful, endlessly fascinating portrayal of a remarkable world.'' -- The Sunday Times (UK) "Kavanagh underscores what made Duplessis such an object of fascination...she is La Traviata''s Violetta and Marguerite in the younger Dumas'' The Lady of the Camellias... an enigmatic woman who both deeply embod[ied] and brazenly def[ied] the conventions of her time." --Mythili Rao, The Daily Beast " The Lady Who Loved Camellias has it all. Ms. Kavanagh is a well-established biographer and achieved international fame with her previous, definitive biography on the great dancer, Nureyev. This new book cements her well-deserved reputation. We are in [her] debt for shining a light on this woman almost forgotten in the dust of history, allowing her legend to endure." --Janet Levine, New York Journal of Books "Equipped with the treasures gleaned from persistent research and guided by empathy...Kavanagh is a warm, nimble portraitist, wryly chronicling the glittering if doomed realm of the courtesan...Now Duplessis is a muse once again, this time for an adept biographer who elegantly preserves her indelible true story." -- Booklist , Starred Review "In taking on Duplessis, Kavanagh pieces together the details of a glamorous and tragic life of a woman whose influence as a muse has outlived her own fame." -- The New Yorker "Julie Kavanagh ships us into 19th-century Paris and into the boudouir of Parisian courtesan Marie Duplessis." -- Vanity Fair "Thanks to a talented author, this tragedy is a pleasure to read. Already praised as a biographer, Kavanagh intertwines the adventures of a famous courtesan with a fascinating period in Parisian history, with each scene spotlighting yet another titillating aspect of 1840s bohemia...A thoroughly researched and fascinating account of Duplessis''s short life and lengthy legacy." -- Publishers Weekly "Marie Duplessis--the tragic inspiration for La Dame aux Camélias and La Traviata --crammed more drama into her short life than either of her fictionalised personas. Her true story has been crying out to be told. Now, at last, the enigmatic Duplessis has found a brilliant biographer in Kavanagh. The Girl Who Loved Camellias is not only a wonderful read: vivid and moving, but full of fascinating discoveries." --Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire: Britain''s Crucial Role in the American Civil War "I was enthralled by the wholly unexpected life of Mare Duplessis, and entirely captivated by the cinematic realism of this wonderful book''s evocation of her world. Julie Kavanagh plunges you right into the Parisian demi-monde and redefines what it means to be a genuine star." --Nicholas Hytner, Director of the National Theater and The Madness of King George , The History Boys , and One Man, Two Guvnors "Hugely enjoyable--this book is for anyone with an interest in opera, celebrity, sex and money." --Richard Eyre, Director of the National Theater, 1987-1997, of Richard III, King Lear, Guys and Dolls and the film , Notes on a Scandal
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Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
944.063092
Synopsis
This riveting biography brilliantly explores the short, intense, and passionate life of the country girl from Normandy, who at thirteen fled her brute of a father to go to Paris. Almost overnight she became one of the most admired courtesans of the 1840s--the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas fils ' The Lady of the Camellias and Verdi's La Traviata . With her aristocratic ways, elegant clothes and signature camellias, Marie was always a subject of fascination at the opera and the boulevard caf s. Her death at twenty-three from tuberculosis created such an outpouring of sympathy in the press that Charles Dickens, who was in Paris at the time, was amazed. "Everything is erased in the face of an incident which is far more important," he wrote, "the romantic death of one of the glories of the demi-monde, the beautiful, the famous Marie Duplessis.", This riveting biography brilliantly explores the short, intense, and passionate life of the country girl from Normandy, who at thirteen fled her brute of a father to go to Paris. Almost overnight she became one of the most admired courtesans of the 1840s-the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas fils ' The Lady of the Camellias and Verdi's La Traviata . With her aristocratic ways, elegant clothes and signature camellias, Marie was always a subject of fascination at the opera and the boulevard cafes. Her death at twenty-three from tuberculosis created such an outpouring of sympathy in the press that Charles Dickens, who was in Paris at the time, was amazed. "Everything is erased in the face of an incident which is far more important," he wrote, "the romantic death of one of the glories of the demi-monde, the beautiful, the famous Marie Duplessis."
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