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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alexandre Dumas , Julie Kavanagh , Liesl Schillinger , Liesl SchillingerPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Classics Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.208kg ISBN: 9780143107026ISBN 10: 014310702 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 29 August 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: French Table of ContentsReviewsOne of the greatest love stories of the world. --Henry James<br><br> Anyone who has read an outdated English translation of this novel; seen the opera it inspired-- La Traviata, by Verdi; or watched the film it inspired-- Camille, starring Greta Garbo, might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<br><br> <br> One of the greatest love stories of the world -- Henry James Author InformationAlexandre Dumas fils (1824-1895) wasthe son of thefamous novelist Alexandre Dumas. He published many novels, and after the success of the dramatic version of The Lady of the Camellias, he became equally prolific as a playwright. Liesl Schillinger is a widely published literary critic, writer, and translator who writes regularly for The New York Times Book Review and spent many years on the editorial staff of TheNew Yorker. A Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of France, shehe lives in New York. Julie Kavanagh is an award-winning biographer and the author of The Girl Who Loved Camellias,about the courtesan Marie Duplessis, who inspired The Lady of the Camellias. She has been London editor of both Vanity Fair and TheNew Yorker. She lives in London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |