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In February to March 1893.

The 22-year-old Stephen Crane pays for publication of his first book, the Bowery novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, under the pseudonym "Johnston Smith", in New York City. Later considered a pioneering example of American literary realism, its first trade edition (rewritten) comes out in 1896 after Crane has attained fame with The Red Badge of Courage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie:_A_Girl_of_the_Streets

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/447

Cover of the 1896 first trade edition of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane. The book was published by D. Appleton & Company in 1896. The cover is yellow or mustard-colored cloth, typical of many late 19th-century book bindings. The title "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is displayed in bold, dark-colored lettering on the front cover. The author's name, Stephen Crane, appears below the title. The design is relatively simple, without elaborate illustrations or artwork, emphasizing its status as a serious literary work.

Eek! I'm having an HALLUCINATION! I did a search on 'best books about the history of film-making' and I got THIS slop, slung together by AI.

Just look at the creepy uncanny valley 'photos' - what language this side of H.P. Lovecraft are those titles from???

And the WEIRDEST thing is that these are from... 'factualamerica.com'.
I think we're entering the Twilight Zone, here, folks.

https://www.factualamerica.com/filmmaking/11-must-read-books-about-the-history-of-cinema

AI generated 'photo' of books about film with gibberish titles.

in 1852.

Alexandre Dumas, fils's stage adaptation of his 1848 novel La Dame aux caméllias is premièred at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris.

Shortly thereafter, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi set about putting the story to music in the 1853 opera La traviata, with female protagonist Marguerite Gautier renamed Violetta Valéry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_the_Camellias

La dame aux camélias at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2419
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1608

Alphonse Mucha's poster for a performance of the theatrical version, with Sarah Bernhardt (1896).

Antonio Orihuela: “En España existía un sujeto femenino radical y de cambio antes del movimiento sufragista”

> A propósito de la publicación de su ensayo 'Las sin amo' (La oveja roja), un repaso de la historia silenciada de unas escritoras de los años treinta comprometidas contra la lógica burguesa, el Estado, el capitalismo y la explotación

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