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Titre: La dame aux camélias
Auteur: Alexandre Dumas Fils
Narrateur: Louis Seigner, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Germaine Michel, Edwige Feuillère, Michel Etcheverry, Dora Doll
Format: Original Recording
Durée: 1 hr and 28 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 11-17-14
Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir
Genres: Classics, Poetry
Résumé de l'éditeur:
La Dame aux camélias raconte l'amour d'un jeune bourgeois, Armand Duval, pour une courtisane, Marguerite Gautier, atteinte de tuberculose.
Dans le demi-monde parisien chic, où se côtoient riches amateurs et femmes légères, le jeune Armand Duval tombe amoureux de la jeune et belle Marguerite Gautier, une des reines de ce monde éphémère de la noce. Devenu l'amant de Marguerite, Armand obtient d'elle qu'elle renonce à sa vie tapageuse pour se retirer avec lui à la campagne, non loin de Paris. Mais la liaison est menacée par le père d'Armand, qui obtient de Marguerite qu'elle rompe avec son fils, sous prétexte que son autre enfant, la jeune sœur d'Armand doit épouser un homme de la bonne société.
Jusqu'à la mort de Marguerite, Armand sera persuadé qu'elle l'a trahi avec un nouvel amant, et quitté volontairement. La mort pathétique de Marguerite, abandonnée et sans ressources conclut l'histoire racontée par le pauvre Armand Duval lui-même.
Drame en 5 actes. Enregistrement de 1958.
© Domaine public (P)1958 Compagnie du Savoir
Avis des membres:
The Virtuous Prostitute and Genuine Love
A high school English teacher I once had told us that there was an old literary tradition of the virtuous prostitute. La Dame aux Camélias falls into that category. Our heroine, Marguerite, is an upper-class courtesan, but she does redeem herself in the eyes of her lover, Armand, and of our unnamed narrator who hears Armand's story. To say any more would amount to a spoiler, but the author is telling us that the love is genuineâwe can tell that by her actions. As in any love story, there are a number of misunderstandings that need to be worked out. At the same time, hearing the tale from Armand's somewhat naive perspective, we find the description of his young love very appealing. This does not have the lively action that the novels of Alexandre Dumas, père, would have, but it is a kind of drawing-room novel with plenty of psychology and questions that need to be answered.
The story begins with Marguerite's estate sale, so it is no spoiler to say that she dies in the course of the story, but this is no more a tragedy than Cyrano de Bergerac. This reviewer did read the book in French, but like Les Misérables, the English translations usually have kept the French title.
Three Stars
Enjoyable enough of a book, but it requires some concentration if you are naturally English-speaking.
MISPRESENTATION !
This is not what was advertised !
The description says
"La Dame Aux Camelias (Camille) (French Edition) (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas (Author) "
This implies that this is the NOVEL not the Play.
Instead I received the stage play of the story (in French and English,) NOT the original novel. Furthermore, the quality of this "reprint from the collection of the University of Michigan Library" is poor and is literally a collection of photocopies of the text of the play published in 1880.
