In the November 2014 issue of Vogue, there was a story about the unlikely but refreshing appointment of Benjamin Millepied by the Paris Opera Ballet’s as its new director. Millepied’s background reminded me of Tempesta’s Dream, written by Vincent B. LoCoco, and reviewed previously in…
Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence is the story of an idealistic young man who finds that he is trapped by society’s conventions (1870’s N.Y upper crust). He marries not for love but because of convention. It reminded me of Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abby except…