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'Lady of the Camellias' (La Dame aux Camélias) by Alexandre Dumas fils - Marguerite and the narrator. Chapter X. Caption reads: "She lay back on a great sofa, one hand on her heart, the other hanging by her side". After a water colour drawing by Georges Jeanniot. Published: London, William Heinemann, 1902. AD fils, French author & playwright: 27 July 1824 - 27 November 1895. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

'Lady of the Camellias' (La Dame aux Camélias) by Alexandre Dumas fils - Marguerite and the narrator. Chapter X. Caption reads: "She lay back on a great sofa, one hand on her heart, the other hanging by her side". After a water colour drawing by Georges Jeanniot. Published: London, William Heinemann, 1902. AD fils, French author & playwright: 27 July 1824 - 27 November 1895.  (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)