La Dame aux Camelias still has the power to cast the spell that has fascinated generations of readers. Dumas\047s marvellously beautiful, intelligent, and vibrant heroine lives on in revivals of the stage version, in film and television adaptations, and inLa Traviata, Verdi\047s perennially popular opera. For Marguerite has long since attained the status of a myth. Dumas\047s subtle and moving portrait of a woman in love is a timeless antidote to the cynicism of every age.