With illustrations by Alajalov
Penguin Books 1393
1959, Penguin Books
217 pag.
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Prijs: teab (bieden excl. de eventuele porto aub)
"Cornelia and Emily came from the States to 'do' Europe in the twenties, when their escapades, as well as their hearts, were 'young and gay'. This hilarious, ingenuous record of their adventures, told by Cornelia Otis Skinner, is as refreshing as fizzy lemonade. Their earnest girlish attempts to appear sophisticated travellers land them in some preposterous situations: Cornelia develops measles on board ship and has to be smuggled ashore heavily veiled; a mistaken address from the 'Ladies' rest Tour Association' lands them in a redlight house in Rouen for the night; during an extravagant mea l at the R itz their little dogs ruin tow pink brocade chairs. To both of them adventure menat meeting 'interesting men', and they had plenty of adventure, even if one beau mistaken for an admiral turned out to be the leader of an inferior band, and another could only communicate in Norwegian and ardent glances.
Cornelia's dress repertoire varies from the slinky long-earringed costume of the vamp to the tweeds-and-panama of fresh American girlhood. Thier contacts range from bed-bugs to noblemen. The book, deliciously 'dated' in its trappings, conveys the perennial care-free thrill of a first trip abroad."
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