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Traviata

An opera representing the progress of a courtesan. The libretto is borrowed from a French novel, called La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas, jun. It was dramatised for the French stage. The music of the opera is by Giuseppe Verdi.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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