Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman
 Viking Press first edition 1933 | |
| Author | Stefan Zweig |
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| Original title | Marie Antoinette. Bildnis eines mittleren Charakters |
| Translator | Eden Paul Cedar Paul |
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Insel-Verlag |
Publication date | 1932 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 1933 |
| Pages | 639 |
Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman (German: Marie Antoinette. Bildnis eines mittleren Charakters) is a 1932 biography of the French queen Marie Antoinette by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. Viking Press published the first English-language edition, translated by Eden and Cedar Paul, in 1933.[1]
The book served as the inspiration the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Marie Antoinette starring Norma Shearer,[2] and the Japanese manga series The Rose of Versailles written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda.
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[edit]- ^ Library of Congress (1934). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [A] Group 1. Books. For the Year 1933. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 552.
- ^ "Marie Antoinette". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
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