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Demimonde, French for "half-world", is a 19th-century term to describe women on the fringes of respectable society, particularly courtesans supported by wealthy lovers. The term originally derives from an 1855 play called Le Demi-Monde by Alexandre Dumas {{lang, which depicted how prostitution challenged the institution of marriage.

History

Historically, the height of the demimonde was encapsulated by the period known

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