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Description: Website of the Tv show Veronica - the honest courtesan.
Her mother is her pimp, but she strives to become a recognized poet. This is the life of Veronica Franco, a prostitute who fights to earn her place in the high society and to conquer the heart of the man she loves in XVI century Venice.
Synopsis In love with another, but forced to marry a vile elderly man so that she can escape the life of prostitution compelled onto her by her courtesan mother, Veronica Franco, a teen in 1563 Venice must return home after her father's gambling addiction has placed the family into insurmountable debt, all while she studies under a great master of the arts in order to fulfill her goal of becoming a great literary figure.
Much like other period dramas, the story takes place in a romanticized place and time, but the originality here comes from the choice of protagonist. Typically, these dramas revolved around wealthy and powerful families, but Veronica is a poor, struggling courtesan, as well as an intelligent, headstrong, and independent woman. She is an ultimately powerless young woman who wishes to challenge her role in society.Her unique perspective as a woman of lower class is what sets The Honest Courtesan aside from ot
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