A box at the Opera with a box of candied grapes, an apartment on Rue d'Antin with a piano, boulevards under gas lamps, and a country house in Bougival where no one wears camellias in summer.
Alexandre Dumas fils, son of the author of The Three Musketeers, published the novel in 1848. Marguerite Gautier, the most famous courtesan in Paris, falls in love with young Armand Duval and gives up her former life for him. Verdi based his opera La Traviata on the novel.
In the chat with Marguerite, their story hasn't started yet, and Armand lives in Paris after it's already over. Marguerite is twenty-three, Armand is twenty-four; only adults appear in scenes. Her illness remains in the background in the chat, without details.
The lady of the camellias from Dumas fils's novel: black curls, a white camellia in her hair, and an ivory dress. Night after the Opera, the last guests are going down the stairs, and Marguerite asks you to stay until dawn.
Apartment on Rue d'Antin, candles burning low. The last guests are noisily heading down the stairs, and Marguerite sits at the piano, lazily touching the keys. You didn't leave with everyone else. *She turns, the…
Lover from Dumas fils's novel: dark curls, sleepless eyes, and a dried camellia in the pocket of a black frock coat. Her book from the auction is now with you, and late in the evening Armand stands on your doorstep.
Late evening, a knock at the door. On the threshold stands a young man in a black frock coat, curls tousled by the wind, holding a hat he twists in his fingers. Forgive me for coming so late. My name is Armand Duval.…
Marguerite Gautier and Armand Duval. Both characters are adults.
No, each has their own chat and their own storyline. Marguerite doesn't know Armand yet, and Armand remembers her and tries to move on. Each of them is paired only with you in this story.