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La Dame aux camélias est un roman d'Alexandre Dumas fils publié en 1848. L'histoire raconte l'amour passionné entre Armand Duval, un jeune homme pauvre, et Marguerite Gautier, une courtisane parisienne célèbre et riche. Malgré les conventions sociales et les obstacles financiers, Armand et Marguerite tombent profondément amoureux l'un de l'autre. Mais leur amour est menacé par les préjugés sociaux et la santé de Marguerite, qui souffre...
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Dumas's novel became one of the great love stories from its first publication in 1848. The title role of the consumptive heroine and her ultimate sacrifice inspired actresses from Sarah Bernhardt to Greta Garbo, and led Giuseppe Verdi to write La traviata. In the hands of Nicholas Boulton, the story of passion and conflict is as fresh and moving as when it was first written.
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A French courtesan with a passion for life and romance, sacrifices her happiness to prove her love for a young man whose family disapproves of their relationship.
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Men of great wealth bought her love. She gave it to only one. Marguerite Gautier, the greatest beauty in Paris, was known to all as “the Lady of the Camellias” because she was never seen without her favorite flowers. She was luxuriously kept by the richest men in France, who thronged to her boudoir to lay their fortunes at her feet. She lived violently, spending herself and her money in reckless abandon. She had many lovers, but she never really...
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