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What is love worth in a Paris where money, ambition, and reputation put trust to the test?
In Love Today, Daniel Lesueur brings love, ambition, and betrayal into the world of Belle Époque Paris. Salons, newspapers, theatres, and fast-moving fortunes form the backdrop. The heart pulls one way; the wish to rise in society pulls another. Love faces the pressure of careers, money, and the need to protect a good name.
Lesueur, the pen name of French writer Jeanne Loiseau, explores modern love from a woman novelist’s perspective. Marriage sits between feeling and social ambition: it can be a bond of affection, a bargain, or both. Betrayal makes trust a central concern, asking what people owe each other when private desires meet the demands of reputation.
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- Paris beyond the glamour Enter a world of salons, theatres, and fortunes where social standing matters.
- Hearts against ambition Explore the strain between loving someone and wanting to get ahead.
- Marriage and its bargains Consider how affection and social advantage can pull at the same bond.
- The weight of trust Follow the uneasy place of loyalty in a world shaped by rivalry and reputation.
- A woman writer’s perspective Discover Jeanne Loiseau’s view of love through the name Daniel Lesueur.
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- Paris around 1900 sets the stage
- Love and ambition pull in two directions
- Betrayal shows what trust is worth
- A woman writer looks at modern love
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Love Today
by Daniel Lesueur · 1888
In Belle Époque Paris, love pulls against ambition as money and reputation put trust to the test.
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Paris around 1900 sets the stage
The Belle Époque is the name given to the years in France between the war of 1870 and the First World War. It was a time of peace at home, new wealth, and bold public display. Boulevards, cafés, theatres and salons were places where a person could be seen and could rise.
Novels of this period often use the city as more than a backdrop. Paris is a market where charm, talent and connections are traded. A reader of such a book expects drawing rooms, ambitious newcomers and the pressure of what society will say.
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Who is Daniel Lesueur?
Daniel Lesueur is the pen name of Jeanne Loiseau, a French woman writer who died in 1921. She wrote novels and poetry in Paris, and used a male-sounding name as many women authors of her era did.
What is Love Today about?
It is a novel of love, ambition and betrayal set in Belle Époque Paris. It deals with how feeling, social climbing and trust pull against one another in a city of salons and fast-changing fortunes.
What does Belle Époque mean?
Belle Époque is French for beautiful age. It names the years in France from about 1871 to 1914, a time of peace, new wealth, art and lively city life, especially in Paris.
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