During 1844 Dumas met Marie Duplessis, a Young courtesan who supposedly was the inspiration for his novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux camélias). Of course the heroine’s name was changed to
Camille (The Lady of the Camellias) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848, that was subsequently adapted for the stage. In the English-speaking world, The Lady of the Camellia