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“A vile business clumsily done”
In 1847, the year that Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre, Paris society was riveted by a similar triangle –a wealthy and prominent man, his unbalanced wife, and a young governess. Their story, however, had a very different ending. In August … Continue reading
Posted in Paris crime, Paris history
Tagged All This and Heaven Too, Bette Davis, Crime of Passion, Duc de Praslin, Duchesse de Praslin, Elysee Palace, Henriette Deluzy, Hotel Sebastiani, Jane Eyre, Marjorie Bowen, Pierre Claude Francois Delorme, Rachel Field, rue de l'Elysee, rue du Faubourg St-Honore, Stanley Loomis, Vaux-le-Vicomte
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