Courtesan and countess : the lost and found memoirs of the French consul's wife / translated and annotated by Jana Verhoeven, Alan Willey and Jeanne Allen ; introduction by Jana Verhoeven
- Bib ID:
- 6928660
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Chabrillan, Céleste Vénard de, comtesse, 1824-1909, author
- Description:
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- Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2015
- ©2015
- viii, 280 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9780522868845 (paperback)
- 9780522868838 (hardback)
- 9780522868852 (ebook)
- Summary:
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Celeste 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, Celeste 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 pere, Georges Bizet and Prince Napoleon. 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 Lost for more than eighty years until discovered by the authors in the attic of a French country manor, these are the unpublished and final set of memoirs from Celeste de Chabrillan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-272) and index.
- Subject:
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- Chabrillan, Céleste Vénard de, comtesse, 1824-1909
- Women authors, French -- 19th century -- Biography
- Courtesans -- France -- Biography
- France -- History -- 19th century
- France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Victoria -- History -- 1851-1891
- Victoria -- Social life and customs -- 1851-1891
- Australian
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
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