Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils (2013, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10014310702X
ISBN-139780143107026
eBay Product ID (ePID)19038254098

Product Key Features

Book TitleLady of the Camellias
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicClassics, Romance / Historical / General
GenreFiction
AuthorAlexandre Dumas Fils
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7.1 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-005491
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"One of the greatest love stories of the world." - Henry James "Liesl Schillinger's translation is notable for the fact that it succeeds in dusting off and invigorating the text without slipping into the contemporary idiom. This story, which sounded a little dated in the previous translations, can now be read with an urgency that seems wholly modern." - The New York Review of Books "Anyone who has read an outdated English translation of this novel; seen the opera it inspired- La Traviata, by Verdi; or watched the film it inspired- Camille, starring Greta Garbo, might have missed the audacity, obstinacy, sensuality, and recklessness of its characters. . . . Marguerite and Armand are the kind of bright, self-destructive young things we still read about in magazines, watch onscreen, or brush up against today." - Liesl Schillinger , from the Note on the Translation  , "One of the greatest love stories of the world." - Henry James "Liesl Schillinger's translation is notable for the fact that it succeeds in dusting off and invigorating the text without slipping into the contemporary idiom. This story, which sounded a little dated in the previous translations, can now be read with an urgency that seems wholly modern." - The New York Review of Books "Wonderful . . . A swiftly moving tempest of a tale . . . Schillinger's deft translation brings new life to this classic tragedy. . . . Sometimes translation muffles or veils a text, but Schillinger's version seems to strip this one right down to its fundamental urgency." - Opera News "Anyone who has read an outdated English translation of this novel; seen the opera it inspired- La Traviata, by Verdi; or watched the film it inspired- Camille, starring Greta Garbo, might have missed the audacity, obstinacy, sensuality, and recklessness of its characters. . . . Marguerite and Armand are the kind of bright, self-destructive young things we still read about in magazines, watch onscreen, or brush up against today." - Liesl Schillinger , from the Note on the Translation, "One of the greatest love stories of the world." - Henry James "Anyone who has read an outdated English translation of this novel; seen the opera it inspired- La Traviata, by Verdi; or watched the film it inspired- Camille, starring Greta Garbo, might have missed the audacity, obstinacy, sensuality, and recklessness of its characters. . . . Marguerite and Armand are the kind of bright, self-destructive young things we still read about in magazines, watch onscreen, or brush up against today." - Liesl Schillinger , from the Note on the Translation  
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal812/.54
SynopsisThe 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 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators., 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 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.
LC Classification NumberPQ2231
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