Description
This is the first English translation of Chasing the Dream, Liane de Pougy's first novel, published in 1898 when she was 29. It is the story of a courtesan in search of true love which repeatedly proves ungraspable - insaisissable.
Josiane de Valneige is young, beautiful and rich. She is also exhausted, depressed and despairing. Although scores of wealthy Parisians have been her lovers, she has loved none in return. And despite Josiane's fame as one of the fin-de-siecle's grandes horizontales, fêted in every gossip column, the journey to success has revealed a flaw in her character: she has a heart. Her real self is never engaged. It is not enough to be universally loved. She needs, she yearns, to give her heart.
Author: Liane De Pougy
Publisher: Dedalus
Published: 08/01/2021
Pages: 172
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781912868490
ISBN10: 1912868490
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Classics
Josiane de Valneige is young, beautiful and rich. She is also exhausted, depressed and despairing. Although scores of wealthy Parisians have been her lovers, she has loved none in return. And despite Josiane's fame as one of the fin-de-siecle's grandes horizontales, fêted in every gossip column, the journey to success has revealed a flaw in her character: she has a heart. Her real self is never engaged. It is not enough to be universally loved. She needs, she yearns, to give her heart.
Author: Liane De Pougy
Publisher: Dedalus
Published: 08/01/2021
Pages: 172
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781912868490
ISBN10: 1912868490
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Classics