"to compare the déclassée woman of to-day with the more flamboyant demi-mondaine of the 1890s." Colette's Gigi (1944), and its 1958 film adaptation,...

Murger often found inspiration from what they saw as frivolous and naive demi-mondaine women. Gustave Doré engraved them in their glory and decay. Nana, by...

had modelled his work on a life-cast of Mossellman's mistress, the demi-mondaine Apollonie Sabatier (1822–1890), later Charles Baudelaire's muse. The...

a French stage and film actress, and granddaughter of the infamous demi-mondaine (prostitute) Émilie Louise Delabigne who was known by her self-invented...

Pascal Obispo Raffi Arto Yasmine Ammari Hobbs Gabriel Maëlle Pistoia B. Demi-Mondaine Edouard Edouard Liv Del Estal Yoann Casanova Frédéric Longbois Guillaume...

Becky, giving her an income. She returns to England and lives as a demi-mondaine. Her former associates refuse to have anything to do with her. For much...

"to compare the déclassée woman of to-day with the more flamboyant demi-mondaine of the 1890s." He goes on to say, "The line that was intended to establish...

middle-aged bourgeois male through the machinations of a disreputable demi-mondaine..." Sarris, 1998. pp. 220–221 Baxter, 1993. p. 124 Sarris, 1998. p....

Olympia's confrontational gaze, combined with details identifying her as a demi-mondaine, or courtesan. These include the fact that the name "Olympia" was associated...

Casque d'Or, the 1952 film by Jacques Becker, tells the story of a young demi-mondaine mixed up with a Belleville street gang. The famous French 10-part seven-hour...