LA DAME EN NOIR
”One does find elegance, sovereignty of soul, the discernment of thought, and unimaginable beauty in the oddest of places ... A Lady of The Royal Court ? A Courtesan of a wealthy Nobleman? No. One has only to open one's eyes and mind to know the possessor of such charms would take to such places of status as a snake takes to water.”
My first encounter with ” La Dame en Noir ” ... Open air poetry reading ... A beach at Trouville, Normandy ... Summer 1875 ... She would later publish under le nom de plume ” Anon ” which became a rebellion in itself for all women, whose works of prose and poetry would be repeatedly rejected by publishers if authored by a woman. Her best known work ” Philistine ” was published in the Autumn of 1879. She also went on to publish much of her work authored under the single letter ” J ” ... When queried by a local columnist what it stood for. She answered with a straight face, ”
Why it comes after, I”
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