All posts tagged "Paris"
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3.0KArts and LeisureEdith Wharton in Paris During World War I
Life for Edith Wharton in Paris was lived in stimulating freedom and aristocratic luxury until World War I broke out. Shocked by...
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15.1K1Arts and LeisureMay Alcott, Forever Shadowed by Older Sister Louisa
May Alcott, the real Amy March in Louisa May Alcott’s semi-autobiographical novel Little Women, struggled all her life to win success as...
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4.5K2Arts and LeisureWhistler’s Mother Poses for Her Bad Boy
When bad boy artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s mother first came to live with him in London in 1864, he had to...
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13.4K2Arts and LeisureS.J. Perelman, the R.I. Wit Who Wrote Groucho’s Jokes
S.J. Perelman, arguably the funniest writer of the 20th century, was already pretty funny as a commuter student at Brown University. In 1925...
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8.1K5Arts and LeisureJohn Singer Sargent Paints the Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
John Singer Sargent may have tried to say something about a friend’s family when he created the painting The Daughters of Edward...
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12.2K16MassachusettsJohn Adams Wishes Thomas Jefferson ‘Many Happy New Years’
On New Year’s Day 1812, former president John Adams picked up his quill pen at his home in Quincy, Mass., and wrote...
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