Divine Jacqueline,
by Dominique Bona: Jacqueline de Ribes, the triumph of female genius
By Étienne de Montety
At that time, the Trente Glorieuses were not only good years, they were women, a handful,
few happy few band of sisters
, all elegant, witty - in a word: launched.
They are called Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, Daisy Fellowes, Marella Agnelli, Maria Callas… and Jacqueline de Ribes.
Under this overly wise first name, a fiery being, whose life is an adventure novel, between
Gatsby
and
Les Grandes Familles
.
Let us judge: she was born Jacqueline de Beaumont, the year of the great crash.
His father runs the Rivaud bank, a business belonging to his in-laws, backed by the exploitation of rubber in the Far East which will provide resources for its members and will contribute to the history of literature:
Malaysia,
written by a director of a group company, Henri Fauconnier, will receive the Goncourt Prize in 1930.
To read also:
Frédéric Beigbeder: "In search of lost elegance"
Since we were in literature, at that time, Proust's world was in bad shape, and that of Cocteau and Radiguet was about to be swallowed up.
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