The Lady of the Camellias
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting,...
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781163201527 (1163201529)
Publish date: September 10th 2010
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Pages no: 382
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Love,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Historical Romance,
19th Century,
France,
French Literature
Marguerite Gautier is the most beautiful, brazen—and expensive—courtesan in all of Paris. Despite being ill with consumption, she lives a glittering, moneyed life of nonstop parties and aristocratic balls and savors every day as if it were her last. Into her life comes Armand Duval. Young, handsome,...
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