Notes & Comments March 2021
French rejection
A Gallic stand against illiberal ideology.
Topic: “France”
Features March 2021
Revolutionary characters
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On French aristocrats at the twilight of the ancien régime.
Letter from . . . January 2021
Drink a rum
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On visits to the train stations and cemeteries of Paris.
Dec 15, 2020
À la recherche d’une tombe perdue
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On a visit to the cemeteries of Paris on All Saints’ Day.
Reflections December 2020
Political passions
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On the lessons of two stories by Guy de Maupassant and Marcel Prévost.
Oct 27, 2020
Restraint & profusion
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On “Gabrielle Chanel, Manifeste de Mode” at the Palais Galliera, Paris.
Oct 23, 2020
Week in review
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On book burning, Louis XIV & lectures on Dostoevsky.
Sep 17, 2020
Palazzo Bonaparte and the Mother of Kings
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On Napoleon’s mother and her life in the Eternal City.
Mar 12, 2020
Visions of the implausible
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On “Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect” at the Morgan Library & Museum.
Feb 29, 2020
Two lovely rarities
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On recent performances of Boieldieu’s La Dame blanche and Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle.