Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff

Sapho (Daudet)

Also known as: Sapho

Culture · Literature
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Overview

Sapho, novel by Alphonse Daudet (ALPHONSE_DAUDET), published in 1884, the story of a young man's long liaison with a former artists' model, Fanny Legrand (en.wikipedia «Sapho (novel)»). Not Gounod's opera Sapho (SAPHO_OPERA).

References in Diary

  • 104.0626 (June 1884): «le nouveau livre de Daudet dont Paris raffole. Ça s'appelle Sapho, mais on n'y parle point de ce que promet le titre. C'est l'histoire d'un collage.»
  • 104.0736 (June 1884): «J'ai lu Sapho et je sais ce que c'est qu'un collage...»

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