{"product_id":"kameliendame-book-alexandre-dumas-9783843052832","title":"Die Kameliendame","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe landmark novel that inspired Verdi's opera \u003ci\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/i\u003e, in a sparkling new translation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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\u003eMarguerite 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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52543332188433,"sku":"NLS9783843052832","price":36.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9783843052832.jpg?v=1760690002","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/kameliendame-book-alexandre-dumas-9783843052832","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}