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mistresses did not disappear, but the
label demimondaine became obsolete as the 'half-world' changed.
Demimondaine became a
synonym for a
courtesan or a prostitute...
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during the
Second Empire and the
Belle Époque. They were also
known as
demimondaines and
grandes horizontales.
Cocotte was
originally a term of endearment...
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painting A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
which depicts a bar-girl, one of the
demimondaines,
standing before a mirror. In 1886, Édouard
Marchand conceived a new...
- His wife Lady
Harrington formed "The New
Female Coterie", a
group of
demimondaines which met in the same house. Courthope, William, ed. (1838). Debrett's...
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story of the 16-year-old
Gilberte ("Gigi") Alvar. Born into a
family of
demimondaines, Gigi is
trained as a
courtesan to
captivate a
wealthy lover but defies...
- also
known as
Pauline and
Arthur W, was a
French transgender courtesan,
demimondaine, singer, artist, and
writer who was
prominent in
Parisian society throughout...
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Caroline FitzRoy; 8
April 1722 – 26 June 1784) was a
British socialite and
demimondaine.
Through her father, she was a great-granddaughter of
Charles II. After...
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worked as a cook and singer,
possibly supplementing her
income as a
demimondaine (prostitute).: 50
There are also
reports she
developed a
fondness for...
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tragic love
story between fictional characters Marguerite Gautier, a
demimondaine or
courtesan suffering from consumption, and
Armand Duval, a
young bourgeois...
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Crime in the
French Capital –
Fougere Case, The New York Times,
November 8, 1903
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