Chasing the dream / Liane de Pougy ; translated and with an introduction by Graham Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pougy, Liane de, 1869-1950, author.

Contributor:

Anderson, Graham, translator.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Dedalus European classics

Dedalus European Classics

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Courtesans--Fiction.

Courtesans.

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Fame--Fiction.

Fame.

Aristocracy (Social class)--Fiction.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Paris (France)--Fiction.

Paris (France).

France--Paris.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

172 pages ; 20 cm.

Distribution:

Gardena, CA : SCB Distributors.

Place of Publication:

Sawtry, Cambs : Dedalus, 2021.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

This is the first English translation of Chasing the Dream, Liane de Pougy's first novel, published in 1898 when she was 29. It is the story of a courtesan in search of true love which repeatedly proves ungraspable - insaisissable. Josiane de Valneige is young, beautiful and rich. She is also exhausted, depressed and despairing. Although scores of wealthy Parisians have been her lovers, she has loved none in return. And despite Josiane's fame as one of the fin de siecle's grandes horizontales, feted in every gossip column, the journey to success has revealed a flaw in her character: she has a heart. Her real self is never engaged. It is not enough to be universally loved. She needs, she yearns, to give her heart.

Notes:

Originally published in France as L'Insaisissable in1898.

Translated from French

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1912868490

9781912868490

OCLC:

1296600855