I've started reading a novel called TRILBY by George Du Maurier. It was written back in 1894, and is the basis of the horror film SVENGALI. It has a very surprising passage in it. A girl walks into an artist's studio, sits down, and takes her shoes off. This leads to a passage where the writer talks about how beautiful the female foot is! After she leaves, one of the guys in the room, a painter, draws a quick sketch of her foot! Here's a passage: "'Yes--l'ensembel, you know--head, hands and feet--everything--especially feet. That's my foot,' she said, kicking off her big slipper and streching out the limb. 'It's the handsomest foot in all Paris. There's only one in all Paris to match it, and here it is,' and she laughed heartily (like a merry peal of bells), and stuck out the other. "And in truth they were astonishingly beautiful feet, such as one only sees in pictures and statues--a true inspiration of shape and colour, all made up of delicate lenghts and subtly-modulated curves and noble straighnesses and happy little dimpled arrangements in innocent young pink and white." Very surprising for that time period, isn't it?
Posted by feetluvr (Member # 1570) on :
Does seem rather bold and risque for that time period.
Posted by Fate111 (Member # 2627) on :
I think I read somewhere that the author of this book did, indeed, have a foot fetish. I also recall reading that there was a type of shoe after this novel came out called "Trilbys".
Posted by Wrinklesguy (Member # 732) on :
quote: happy little dimpled arrangements
..LOL In other words her wrinkles were the bomb..i guess i'll have to change my handle to "Dimpled Arrangement Guy" Posted by dougiezerts (Member # 6829) on :
If Du Maurier did indeed have a foot fetish, I wonder how he handled it, in those "dark" days! Yes, change your handle to "Dimpled Arrangement Guy!"
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In other words her wrinkles were the bomb..i guess i'll have to change my handle to "Dimpled Arrangement Guy" ![[Tongue]](tongue.gif)
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