Little Dancer Aged Fourteen

Originally published in French as La petite danseuse de quatorze ans in 2017 by Éditions Stock, Paris

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Names: Laurens, Camille, author. | Wood, Willard, translator.

Title: Little dancer aged fourteen : the true story behind Degas’s masterpiece / Camille Laurens; translated from the French by Willard Wood.

Other titles: Petite danseuse de quatorze ans. English Description: New York : Other Press, 2018. | “Originally published in French as La petite danseuse de quatorze ans in 2017 by Éditions Stock, Paris.” | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018002054 (print) | LCCN 2018002717 (ebook) |

ISBN 9781590519592 (ebook) | ISBN 9781590519585 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Degas, Edgar, 1834–1917. Little dancer. | Goethem, Marie Geneviève van, 1865– | Ballet dancers — France — Biography. | Artists’ models — France — Biography.

Classification: LCC NB553.D4 (ebook) | LCC NB553.D4 A68 2018 (print) | DDC 709.2 [B] — dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018002054

Ebook ISBN 9781590519592

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