{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-courtesan-in-nineteenth-century-paris-paperback","title":"Memoirs of a Courtesan in Nineteenth-Century Paris - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCeleste Mogador\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMonique Fleury Nagem\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMonique Fleury Nagem\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Céleste Mogador's memoirs were first published in 1854 and again in 1858, they were immediately seized and condemned as immoral and unsuitable for public consumption. For a reader in our more forgiving times, this extraordinary document offers not only a portrait of the early life of an intelligent, courageous, and infinitely intriguing Frenchwoman but also an exceedingly rare inside look at the world of the courtesans and prostitutes of nineteenth-century France. Writing to conciliate judges and creditors, Mogador (born Céleste Venard in 1824) explains how with tenacity, wit, and audacity, she managed to escape a difficult childhood and subsequent life of prostitution to become, successively, a darling of the dance halls, a circus rider, and an actress, all the while attracting wealthy young men who vied for her favor. Although her account gives readers a peek into the rakish demimonde made famous by Verdi's opera La Traviata, its greatest value lies in its candid picture of a spunky, self-educated woman who doggedly transformed herself into an esteemed and prolific novelist and playwright, who fell in love with a count and married him, and who made her name synonymous with the bohemian life of the 1840s and 1850s in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonique Fleury Nagem is a professor of modern languages at McNeese State University. She is the translator of Chantal Chawaf's \u003ci\u003eMother Love, Mother Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRedemption\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as of Dominique Rolin's \u003ci\u003eThe Garden of Delights.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 325\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451548254386,"sku":"9780803282735","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/xww2KBoWSP9780803282735.webp?v=1783109963","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/memoirs-of-a-courtesan-in-nineteenth-century-paris-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}