Shadowed love and financial schemes unfold in a tangled life
In a privacy filled with doubt and desire, a narrator reflects on an idealized woman Anita Ellersly and a choking moral crisis. Roebuck’s coal stock scheme drags him into a web of railroads, mines, and large scale manipulation, while personal longing battles with guilt. The piece hints at a looming betrayal as finance eclipses romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Ellersly
Wall Street
Roebuck
Craft
Wilmot
Manasquale
Tuptey
Roelmek
Sine Ellersiz
Melville
Bith
Hut
Matthew
Roebinck
Oan
Matt
Langdon
Blacklock
Guimard the Idol of Paris and the Spider Dancer
A compact historical sketch of Madeleine Guimard the renowned Parisian dancer of the 18th century. It notes her debut at 13, her influence on artists like David and Fragonard, her salon at home, and her status as a Boudoir adviser to Marie Antoinette. The piece recalls Parisian reverence and the era’s celebrity culture, including her fame and the Notre Dame mass celebrating her recovery after a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vestris
Frederick the Great
Voltaire
Augustus
Sweden
France
Bourbon
Madeleine Guimard
Paris
Guimard
David
Fragonard
Gaimard
London
Marie Antoinette
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David GR
Sam
Idol of
Notre Dame
Macmillan’s Magazine
Baxe
Pennsylvania
W. Mecham