Yoohoo! - New Collection
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Me too! Summon the sculptor immediately!
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Fabulous as ever. I cannot sport the coiffeurs but I would surely love to have one of those ravishing busts on my mantlepiece!
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I have been dilly-dallying about this purchase for some time, but now it is mine! Fabulous as always!
Desinvolte Collection!!!
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I have already bought eight pieces and am physically restraining myself from buying more. No doubt I will own the whole lot within a week.Bravo Monsieur Beaumont!
Next baroque trend for gentlemen.... Désinvolte Collection...
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Mon Dieu!! My dreams have been answered!! Mortgage the estate immediately, I need funds FUNDS.Monsieur Beaumont, your creations are the very zenith of fashion in Second Life pour moi.I wait with breath that is bated...
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Your Grace, please report back on your reading! Although I am sure I will adore it (and lambast myself daily for not having grasped the French language beyond Starbucks orders and a few fashion-y descriptive phrases).With greatest affection and solicitude always I remain as ever your devoted friend &c.
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I absolutely agree! I remember starting Madame Bovary one evening and the next thing I knew it was dawn. I read the whole thing in one sitting, and then picked it up and read it again.Never mind nineteenth century France, Madam Bovary still managed to shock me, jaded twenty-first century dilettante that I am (or at least affect to be)
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Ah I have read Zweig's book also. I'm more Quinze than Seize when it comes to my Louis'. I liked the fact that he didn't seem in love with Marie Antoinette, the way many of her biographers are. He is very aware of her shortcomings and the problems her 'reign' caused for the monarchy.Please do furnish us with your list, I am intrigued to see! And a hundred book recommendations is far more than I ever imagined!!
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The classics are always best - for the same reason, I'd strongly recommend anyone to read Les Liaisons Dangereuses (I have to read it in English, alas!). Of its time and yet still up-to-date. The film is superb, but the book (as usual) is better.That said, I find myself inevitably skipping from Merteuil to Merteuil and near enough ignoring the other characters. A real joy.
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I read a fabulous architectural history of Versailles by Ian Dunlop. It focuses entirely on the architectural history of the palace and gardens - the history only comes in as it informs and affects the architecture. I'm not sure where/if you can still buy this, I got it very VERY second hand and dog-eared, but it's great.