Grandes horizontales : the lives and legends of four nineteenth-century courtesans

• Date de parution : 19/07/2004
• Editeur : Interart
• EAN : 9780747568599
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : (-)
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Anglais
• Thème : Art en langue anglaise
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

The lives and legends of four women are examined in this fascinating book, all representatives of the golden age of the French courtesan : Marie Duplessis became the prototype of the virtuous courtesan when Alexandre Dumas Fils portrayed her in La dame aux Camelias. Apollonie Sabatier put men of... Voir plus

The lives and legends of four women are examined in this fascinating book, all representatives of the golden age of the French courtesan : Marie Duplessis became the prototype of the virtuous courtesan when Alexandre Dumas Fils portrayed her in La dame aux Camelias. Apollonie Sabatier put men of letters at ease amidst the bawdy talk of her salon. The Russian Jew La Paiva appeared intent to prey on rich young men of Paris. The English beauty who called herself Cora Pearl was another 'foreign threat', with her athletic physique, sixty horses and ability 'to make bored men laugh'.