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Chasing the Dream

Author: Liane de Pougy

Translator: Graham Anderson   Cover design: Marie Lane  

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 siècle’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.

RRP: £9.99

No. of pages: 176

Publication date: 26.02.2021

ISBN numbers:
Paperback
978 1 912868 49 0
Ebook
978 1 912868 56 8

Rights:
Dedalus World English Language in this translation