Louise de Vilmorin

The story of Madame de-'s earrings is a story of jewellery, love, denial and society. Displaying the simplicity of a fairy tale and the elegance of an 18th century 'roman a clef', de Vilmorin in particular echoes the loneliness that is a phenomenon of the 20th century: the circle of deceit that society allows proves fatal to the honesty of intense passion."

Madame De

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Liebesgeschichte

An elegant fable for the modern age, Louise de Vilmorin's novella Madame de is a poignant tale of honour, deception and fate. This is the story of Madame de's earrings. It is a story of jewellery, of love, of denial, of pain, of delight, of society, that has the simplicity of a fairy tale, the elegance of an eighteenth century roman-a-clef and the particular echoing loneliness that is a phenomenon of the twentieth century: the circle of deceit that society allows proves fatal to the honesty of intense passion.

Coco Chanel

This is the story of Madame de?'s earrings. It is a story of jewelery, of love, of denial, of society that has the simplicity of a fairy tale and the elegance of an 18th century roman-a-clef. This novella became The Earrings of Madame de, a 1952 Max Ophuls film.

Louise de Vilmorin

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