Baudelaire often describes girls as having deep-dug eyes ("yeux creux"). Is this an accurate description of young women in 19th century France, or was he just desperate for a rhyme? Beyond deux, obviously. I mean, duh-huh.
Scholars of French literature and physiognomy, please advise.
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Wednesday, 2 July 2008
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