Grandes Horizontales : The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans
Virginia Rounding explores the lives and legends of four nineteenth-century courtesans. Combining biography with cultural history, Grandes Horizontales considers the women behind the reputations and examines how their stories reflect the society, values, and public imagination of their time.
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Grandes Horizontales examines the lives and legends of four nineteenth-century courtesans.
Virginia Rounding presents these figures within the social and cultural world of their era.
The book considers how reputation, identity, and public perception influenced the stories told about them.
It offers a historical exploration of courtesans and their place in nineteenth-century society.
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