Written by Alexandre Dumas fils (1824–1895) when he was 23 years old, and first published in 1848, La Dame aux Camélias is a semi-autobiographical novel based on the author's brief love affair with a courtesan, Marie Duplessis. Set in mid-19th-century France, the novel tells the tragic love story between fictional characters Marguerite Gautier, a demimondaine or courtesan suffering from consumption, and Armand Duval, a young bourgeois
Condition: See photos as part of condition report: Bound in a period gilt decorated Morocco binding. Holding firmly, some rubbing to the marbled boards, a few small chips to the Morocco spine. Text block firm, some foxing to the fore-edge with occasional marginal spotting.
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