Carnation Girl

Author: (French) Alexandre Dumas fils
Translator: Li Yumin
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias) is Alexandre Dumas fils's breakthrough work and masterpiece. The novel follows the life experiences of the protagonist Marguerite, vividly depicting the tragic story of a prostitute who is both outwardly and inwardly as holy and beautiful as a camellia. The novel pioneered the "fallen woman" series in French literature. Its focus on the social issue of love's downfall had a profound influence on the emergence of realistic problem novels in late 19th-century Europe, as well as the rise of realistic melodramas.