La Dame aux camélias

The Lady of the Camellias

Author

Alexandre Dumas fils

Language

French

Year

1848

Country

France

Genre

Novel

modern europeautobiographical fictionmodern novelstragediesromanticism

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The Lady of the Camellias is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. First published in 1848 and subsequently adapted by Dumas for the stage, the play premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris, France, on February 2, 1852. It was an instant success. Shortly thereafter, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi set about putting the story to music in the 1853 opera La traviata, with female protagonist Marguerite Gautier renamed Violetta Valéry.