Alexandre Dumas, fils Quote

That world [Demimonde] begins where the lawful wife finishes; it finishes where the venal wife begins. It is divided from the world of honest women by the public scandal it provokes; it is divided from the world of courtesans by money.


Preface to Le Demi-Monde (1855)


That world [Demimonde] begins where the lawful wife finishes; it finishes where the venal wife begins. It is divided from the world of honest women...

That world [Demimonde] begins where the lawful wife finishes; it finishes where the venal wife begins. It is divided from the world of honest women...

That world [Demimonde] begins where the lawful wife finishes; it finishes where the venal wife begins. It is divided from the world of honest women...

That world [Demimonde] begins where the lawful wife finishes; it finishes where the venal wife begins. It is divided from the world of honest women...