Posts Tagged ‘romantic’
Victorian Tempation! Devil and Bawd Tempt Gentleman!
A Victorian era stereoview scene of a most delicate kind! A leering devil watches with apparent delight as a disheveled woman encourages a man to recline on her wicker settee. This antique photograph is just one half of a stereoview. If you have a viewer, the scene comes alive! And you can actually own this very vintage photograph! It's [...]
The Count of Monte Cristo: A Shower of Blood
"I like ghosts. I have heard it said that the dead have never done, in six thousand years, as much evil as the living do in a single day." The Count of Monte Cristo.
Evenings with the Count
For reasons that I've never explored, my favorite novel of all time is The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas. My first encounter with the Count was more than likely the 1975 TV with Richard Chamberlain in the title role. Dumas provided quite a bit of work for Mr. Chamberlain back in the '70s, it was as if he was born for the [...]
