Shine and poverty of courtesans

Lucien de Ryubampra, having gone through many trials and deprivations, now rotates in the highest circles of Parisian society. The respected abbot leads him to everyone, but in reality a runaway convict, skillfully able to manipulate people. However, a beautiful life has a high price. Despite the love of the beauty Esther, Lucien is forced to care for the heiress of the rich duke. Who would know how sad such dangerous games can lead to ...
"The brilliance and poverty of courtesans" is a book in which a grandiose -based picture of Paris 1824-1830, where everything is sold and bought - careers and position, love and friendship are given. Here, in all of their dazzling brilliance and in all their mental poverty, the goddess of corrupt love, the ladies of the half -Sveta, the Parisian courtesans reign. Many destinies are woven by intrigues, a thirst for glory, love and betrayal in a tight knot, which only tragic death is capable of cutting.
Almost a detective plot, the depth of social and psychological analysis, the brilliant sketches of life and customs make the “brilliance and poverty of courtesans” one of the most fascinating novels of the 19th century, unsurpassed in their scale