tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post316464384977278556..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas FilsClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-33974373874564389462014-06-19T09:33:05.626+01:002014-06-19T09:33:05.626+01:00Thanks - I tried to find one with the camellia, bu...Thanks - I tried to find one with the camellia, but didn't see this one - I'm not sure the pictures capture her beauty, which contemporaries all agree was spectacular. Your comment on Armand made me laugh, but also nod in agreement. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22790086151175799022014-06-19T09:30:26.129+01:002014-06-19T09:30:26.129+01:00I think the story (even with all her different nam...I think the story (even with all her different names) is so famous that the original writer has almost disappeared....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84654909357467360202014-06-19T05:24:20.264+01:002014-06-19T05:24:20.264+01:00Moira: I was intrigued by the story of Marie and f...Moira: I was intrigued by the story of Marie and found another painting of her at several sites - http://grandeshorizontales.tumblr.com/post/564181788/marie-duplessis-january-15th-1824-february<br /><br />The camellia is so prominent.<br /><br />Today Armand would have been whisked away to see a psychiatrist. <br />Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-8799489695050133912014-06-18T23:12:55.355+01:002014-06-18T23:12:55.355+01:00Lovely images, and an interesting topic. I did not...Lovely images, and an interesting topic. I did not know that there was a son of Alexandre Dumas who wrote, but then there is a lot in literature I do not know of...TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-80111756086034690372014-06-18T10:31:17.709+01:002014-06-18T10:31:17.709+01:00Oh how wonderful, lucky you - I would have loved t...Oh how wonderful, lucky you - I would have loved to hear Joan Sutherland sing live....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-23656261955138951572014-06-18T09:27:40.362+01:002014-06-18T09:27:40.362+01:00The only contribution I can make here is that I sa...The only contribution I can make here is that I saw La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York with Joan Sutherland years ago. It was stupendous.<br /><br />My only other comment is that if George Sand spelled the word with one l, that's good enough for me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-34407353828350447592014-06-18T08:01:31.922+01:002014-06-18T08:01:31.922+01:00I read the section on her - very nice, and bearing...I read the section on her - very nice, and bearing out the view that Mr T was a lot more able to write about these things than Mr Dickens. Mrs S-M had excellent clothes - a pity she had to go....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-38822464999545802532014-06-17T23:51:53.739+01:002014-06-17T23:51:53.739+01:00Eeew! Passing swiftly along...
There is a good de...Eeew! Passing swiftly along...<br /><br />There is a good description of what the well-dressed fille de joie will wear in Thackeray's novelette Our Street. She's called "Mrs Stafford-Molyneux".<br /><br />http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2731/2731-h/2731-h.htmLucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-67055805691345433462014-06-17T16:08:57.261+01:002014-06-17T16:08:57.261+01:00I think there's a coffin-opening scene in Hard...I think there's a coffin-opening scene in Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd as well - we should collect such scenes and each do a blogpost - it's a great topic, don't you think...?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-11147982460635329432014-06-17T12:58:33.631+01:002014-06-17T12:58:33.631+01:00Moira - I agree; that coffin-opening scene is very...Moira - I agree; that coffin-opening scene is very creepy. Well, I should say 'those scenes,' because the one to which Col refers is, too. Interesting too the differences between this book and as you say English novels of the time. I find it fascinating to see how cultural differences and realities find their ways into books. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22733300672664781392014-06-17T12:08:43.031+01:002014-06-17T12:08:43.031+01:00Oh, well done. I do hope you enjoy it, especially ...Oh, well done. I do hope you enjoy it, especially after the big build-up!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-17450201614860272432014-06-17T12:01:06.996+01:002014-06-17T12:01:06.996+01:00Got it from the Kindle lending library for nothing...Got it from the Kindle lending library for nothing. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-858871159155752622014-06-17T11:53:22.225+01:002014-06-17T11:53:22.225+01:00Thrillingly creepy. And yes, I remember you doing ...Thrillingly creepy. And yes, I remember you doing that book, I made a note because it really interested me. (Big fan of Madonna as Evita...) so off to Kindle I go....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-18527797504865651912014-06-17T11:12:01.248+01:002014-06-17T11:12:01.248+01:00I think I had a similar occurrence - the inadverte...I think I had a similar occurrence - the inadvertent opening of Eva Peron's coffin in a book I read last year. Whether this bit was fact or author fancy I don't know, but elements of the tale were based on factual events, though there is a lot of mystery surrounding her remains and the various removals and upliftings and storing and re-burials . Widen's Blood Makes Noise - less than a £1 on Amazon UK for kindle. I reckon you would enjoy it (maybe)!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.com