{"product_id":"the-lady-of-the-camellias-novel-by-alexandre-dumas","title":"The Lady of the Camellias Novel by Alexandre Dumas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe landmark novel that inspired both Verdi's opera \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLa Traviata\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the Oscar-winning musical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMoulin Rouge!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in a sparkling new translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the greatest love stories of all time, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lady of the Camellias\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e recounts the history of Marguerite Gautier, the most beautiful, brazen, and expensive courtesan in all of Paris. Known to all as 'the Lady of the Camellias' because she is never seen without her favourite flowers, she leads a glittering life of endless parties and aristocratic balls, with the richest men in France flocking to her boudoir to lay their fortunes at her feet. But despite having many lovers, she has never really loved - until she meets Armand Duval, young, handsome and from a lower social class, and yet hopelessly in love with Marguerite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDRE DUMAS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003efils\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1824-1895) was the son of the famous novelist Alexandre Dumas. In 1847 he published his first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdventures of Four Women and a Parrot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, followed a year later by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lady of the Camellias\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand ten other novels over the next decade. After the great success of the dramatic version of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lady of the Camellias\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he was gradually drawn away from the novel to the stage. In 1874 he was elected to the French Academy and until his death continued to produce a long line of successful plays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIESL SCHILLINGER is a journalist and literary critic who writes regularly for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand spent many years on the editorial staff of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJULIE KAVANAGH is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Girl Who Loved Camellias\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a biography of the courtesan who inspired \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lady of the Camellias.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn award-winning biographer of Rudolf Nureyev and Frederick Ashton, she has been London editor of both \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVanity Fair\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the greatest love stories of the world' Henry James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Anyone who has read an outdated English translation of this novel; seen the opera it inspired - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLa Traviata,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Verdi; or watched the film it inspired - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCamille,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estarring Greta Garbo, might have missed the audacity, obstinacy, sensuality, and recklessness of its characters' Liesl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Read Room","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59470316470558,"sku":null,"price":440.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59470316503326,"sku":null,"price":570.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":59470316536094,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1076\/7515\/6766\/files\/TheLadyoftheCamelliasNovelbyAlexandreDumas.jpg?v=1781633145","url":"https:\/\/www.readroombd.com\/products\/the-lady-of-the-camellias-novel-by-alexandre-dumas","provider":"Read Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}