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Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Publishing
ISBN-100522868835
ISBN-139780522868838
eBay Product ID (ePID)224012285
Product Key Features
Number of Pages278 Pages
Publication NameCourtesan and Countess : the Lost and Found Memoirs of the French Consul's Wife
LanguageEnglish
SubjectWomen, Women Authors, Europe / France, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Customs & Traditions, Australia & New Zealand
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJeanne Allen, Jana Verhoeven, Alan Willey
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12.5 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2015-463429
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal843.8
SynopsisC leste de Chabrillan, former courtesan and widow of the first French Consul to Melbourne, became the most prolific female stage writer in nineteenth-century France. Forever haunted by her scandalous past, C leste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men. Courtesan and Countess tells the story not only of her struggle as a creative artist to survive and earn a living, but also of her fascinating life at the centre of the bohemian circles of Paris, surrounded by friends such as Alexandre Dumas p re, Georges Bizet and Prince Napol on. Courtesan and Countess paints a portrait of a remarkable woman and of the turbulent world of Paris during the Belle Epoque. Lost for more than eighty years until discovered by the authors in the attic of a French country manor, these are the unpublished and final set of memoirs from C leste de Chabrillan., Céleste de Chabrillan, former courtesan and widow of the first French Consul to Melbourne, became the most prolific female stage writer in nineteenth-century France. Forever haunted by her scandalous past, Céleste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men. Courtesan and Countess tells the story not only of her struggle as a creative artist to survive and earn a living, but also of her fascinating life at the centre of the bohemian circles of Paris, surrounded by friends such as Alexandre Dumas père, Georges Bizet and Prince Napoléon. Courtesan and Countess paints a portrait of a remarkable woman and of the turbulent world of Paris during the Belle Epoque. Lost for more than eighty years until discovered by the authors in the attic of a French country manor, these are the unpublished and final set of memoirs from Céleste de Chabrillan.
LC Classification NumberPQ2204.C7672
