Category Archives: Pearls
Pearls: Octave Mirbeau
The great provocateur of French letters, who died 100 years ago today
Pearls: Erika Mann
“An investigation has been going on that could not help casting doubts upon my character…”
Pearls: Erika Mann
“An investigation has been going on that could not help casting doubts upon my character…”
Pearls: Aubrey Beardsley
“I see everything in a grotesque way…”
Pearls: Ludwig II
A full moon, Friday the 13th supplication from Montesquiou’s “13th Caesar” a.k.a. Rex Luna
Pearls: Ludwig II
A full moon, Friday the 13th supplication from Montesquiou’s “13th Caesar” a.k.a. Rex Luna
Pearls: Sacheverell Sitwell
The youngest Sitwell finds room in his heart for someone other than himself
Pearls: Sacheverell Sitwell
The youngest Sitwell finds room in his heart for someone other than himself
Pearls: Jeffrey Eugenides
“People stopped being people in 1913.”
Pearls: Martha Gellhorn
War, huh, yeah. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing. Uh-huh. War, huh, yeah. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing. Say it again, y’all.
Pearls: Martha Gellhorn
War, huh, yeah. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing. Uh-huh. War, huh, yeah. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing. Say it again, y’all.
Strange Flowers 