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Ladies of the World and Grisettes
See original version (French)
110
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Ladies of the World and Grisettes
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €250
Voluntary lot
Description
Ladies of the World and Grisettes
Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. Antonine. Paris, Hippolyte Souverain, 1849.
2 volumes in-8, midnight blue half-calf with plain, decorated spines, gilt date at the foot, plain spines slightly faded, title and volume number labels in red morocco, cap bands, untrimmed, reading room stamp, bookplate.
338 pp., [1 f.]; 339 pp., [1 p.].
First edition.
Dumas Fils, a keen observer of the society of his time, set out to depict the fate of women: Antonine, a young woman from a good family, manages to marry Edmond, but their love, which was meant to last, begins to wane. Three years later, the young man cheats on her: ‘I am twenty-six years old, I am married; but what the devil! I do not intend to live only with my wife, as if I were sixty. ”
As for Nichette, the little milliner—a charming, simple and cheerful girl—she will meet the fate of all grisettes: her lover will abandon her to marry a young woman from his own social circle.
Vicaire III, 457; Talvart, 8A.
Corners and edges slightly scuffed
See original version (French)
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