Carnation Girl

Author: (French) Alexandre Dumas fils
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: "My dear Armand, I have received your letter. You still possess your kindness, and I thank God for it. Yes, my friend, I am ill, and it is an incurable illness. Yet, you still care for me, which has alleviated much of my suffering. I fear I do not have long to live, and I hope that I will have the blessing of shaking the hand of the person who wrote this letter. If there is anything in the world that can save me, then what is written in this letter can. I will never see you again, for I am already close to death, while we are still thousands of miles apart. This book depicts a young woman named Marguerite, who comes from the countryside to Paris and becomes a prostitute. She falls in love with Armand, a bourgeois young man. Determined to break free from her life as a prostitute and live with Armand, Marguerite faces strong opposition from Armand's father. Out of compassion for others' happiness and Armand's future, Marguerite painfully sacrifices herself, enduring illness and injustice."