Memoirs of a Courtesan in Nineteenth-Century Paris

by Celeste Mogador

Book Overview

When C leste 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803282737
• ISBN13: 9780803282735
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"