{"product_id":"the-lady-of-the-camellias-paperback","title":"The Lady of the Camellias - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexandre Dumas Fils\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLiesl Schillinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJulie Kavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe landmark novel that inspired Verdi's opera \u003ci\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/i\u003e, in a sparkling new translation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the greatest love stories of all time,\" according to Henry James, and the inspiration for Verdi's opera \u003ci\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/i\u003e, the Oscar-winning musical \u003ci\u003eMoulin Rouge!\u003c\/i\u003e, 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), \u003ci\u003eThe Lady of the Camellias\u003c\/i\u003e itself was inspired by the real-life nineteeth-century courtesan Marie Duplessis, the lover of the novel's author, Alexander Dumas \u003ci\u003efils. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKnown 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Liesl Schillinger, from the Note on the Translation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandre Dumas \u003ci\u003efils\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1824-1895) was the son of the famous novelist Alexandre Dumas. He published many novels, and after the success of the dramatic version of \u003ci\u003eThe Lady of the Camellias, \u003c\/i\u003ehe became equally prolific as a playwright. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiesl Schillinger\u003c\/b\u003e is a widely published literary critic, writer, and translator who writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and spent many years on the editorial staff of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. A Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of France, she he lives in New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Kavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning biographer and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Loved Camellias, \u003c\/i\u003e about the courtesan Marie Duplessis, who inspired \u003ci\u003eThe Lady of the Camellias\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been London editor of both \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in London.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 7.72 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44434197905510,"sku":"9780143107026","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/lwgbx-E0CP9780143107026.webp?v=1770439866","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-lady-of-the-camellias-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}