Grandes horizontales : the lives and legends of Marie Duplessis, Cora Pearl, La Païva and La Présidente / Virginia Rounding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rounding, Virginia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courtesans--France--Biography.

Courtesans.

France--Social life and customs--19th century.

France.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2003.

Summary:

Handle/Description Handle: Nineteenth-century Paris comes to life as do its most distinguished and declasse inhabitants in this fascinating look at four of the world's most famous courtesans, who inspired poetry, novels, and opera. Description: Marie Duplessis, Cora Pearl, La Paiva and La Presidente, the four women whose lives and legends are examined in this fascinating book, were all representatives of the golden age of the French courtesan. In the reign of Emperor Napoleon Ill the opulent and pampered demi-monde became almost indistinguishable from the haut-monde, with mythical reputations growing up around its most glittering and favored celebrities.

Notes:

Map on end papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-327) and index.

ISBN:

1582342601 :

OCLC:

52690157