Exotic and irrational entertainment

Maria Edgeworth by John Downman, 1807 "I have made up my mind to like no Novels, really, but Miss Edgeworth's, Yours, and my o...

A possible portrait of Marc-Antoine Charpentier When Jean-Baptiste Lully accidentally plunged his heavy conducting staff through the top...

From The Daily News (London), March 14, 1899 Discussed in this post: "100 novels everyone should read," The Telegraph (UK)...

On Thursday, July 3, our bold, demanding, and fiercely loyal companion of the last eight years passed away. We buried Figaro the next day...

Hema Malini as Chanda in Sharafat A father goes to visit the woman who loves his son, to carry out a painful task: he must ask her to en...