Playtime

I was playing with my dolls today. Meet my Madame Bovary.

“for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart.” – Gustave Flaubert

 

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This post was prompted by Daily Prompt: Playtime.

63 responses to “Playtime”

  1. Oooh, that bit of poem gave me goosebumps! The photo’s lighting is perfection. Nicely done! ~SueBee

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    1. Thank you so much, and hubby was very suspicious about my lights 😀 I am so happy to see it has worked 😀

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      1. Lighting made the shot – good job! Tell hubby I said so, lol! ~SueBee

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        1. 😀 He saw the pic and he liked it 😀 and I told him what you said :P. Many thanks SueBee 🙂

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          1. Quite welcome 🙂

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  2. yep … gotta agree. the lighting on this shot is perfect, as is (as usual) the accompanying music!!!

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    1. That’s Sia: Breathe me 😉 Have you read Madame Bovary?

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  3. Yep, perfect in every way, Paula! Cuddle her so she won’t feel cold…
    Great take on, another one!

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    1. 😀 She is safe with me poor thing. I rescued her from a cold, glass newstand :D. Thank you, Amy 🙂 xo

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      1. 🙂 🙂

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  4. Oooh…fantastic shot, quote AND song!!! 🙂

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    1. 😀 and the novel, and all the movie adaptations :D. Thank you, Madhu for liking my doll 🙂

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  5. Voilà une poupée très classe. 🙂
    PS: j’ai lu Madame Bovary… et je n’ai pas aimé. 😆

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    1. Tu es trop jeune 😀

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      1. J’ai lu Germinal de Zola et j’ai adoré ! :p La jeunesse ne veut rien dire ! 😀

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        1. J’aime plus Zola que Flaubert 😀 mais Maupassant encore plus 😀

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          1. D’accord avec toi ! 🙂 Flaubert is boring 😉

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            1. Je n’ai pas dit ca – oh la la !!!! Mon prefere en tout cas est Andre Gide et Albert Camus ….

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              1. Je ne connais pas le premier et le deuxième… comme Flaubert. 😆

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                1. Comment ca? Tu ne connais pas ni Gide ni Camus? C’est vrais cela?

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                  1. Je ne connais pas Gide. 🙂
                    Et Camus, je le trouve ennuyant, comme Flaubert. 😀

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                    1. Oh la la….. Je suis sans parole!!!!!!! Incroyable!! L’etranger, la peste ca n’est pas ennuyant :O

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                    2. Ne lis pas Gide, tu mourras d’ennui 😀

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                    3. J’ai lu la peste et… ENNUI PROFOND. 😆
                      Merci du conseil ! 😀

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                    4. Ah non, ne dis pas ca 😦

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                    5. Chacun son style et son avis ! 😆

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  6. […] Playtime | Lost in Translation […]

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  7. […] Playtime | Lost in Translation […]

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  8. She doesn’t look so bored to me. Rather pleased with herself, in fact. A little like you should be for your excellent post, Paula. 🙂

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    1. Look at her big, sad eyes….. She is not pleased, poor thing

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      1. Honestly so I believe these eyes are showing serenity, without regret but with hope… 🙂 🙂

        Very well captured… 🙂

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        1. 🙂 maybe she is hoping for something, but it ain’t love 😀
          Takk Drake 🙂 🙂

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          1. I’ve heard it before
            there had to be more to life than love
            I also know what – no doubt black coffee… 😉

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  9. oh I love this! I used to collect porcelain dolls when I was younger!
    it’s gorgeous!

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    1. I only started collecting them recently :). They are beautiful, but not easy to photograph. Thank you very much, Julie. I am happy you like it:)

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  10. She certainly looks beautiful and dressed to kill.

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    1. That’s my Madame Bovary:)

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  11. Wonderfully lit Paula!

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    1. This is so nice to hear, Phil. I appreciate it 🙂

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  12. Wow, she is so pretty. What an amazing dress!

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    1. She is a knock-out :D. Thanks, Lisa!

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    1. Isn’t she!:) I am happy you like my doll, Jalal.

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  13. About the photo,Rene’ and I found the lighting perfect…
    And the French authors you mentioned…….they are so much part of our life !
    We’re not so young as luminaetumbrae , of course!

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    1. 🙂 Do you like Gide and Camus, Anna?

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      1. I do, of course.
        I’ve decided to re-read some books “of the past”and Gide and Camus come among the first ones……..
        Ciao!

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        1. I’ve purchased almost their entire library in French when I was a student, and my professor gave me Gide’s Journal as a gift 🙂

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          1. Good student, I presume…
            Baci!

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  14. What a brilliantly taken photo…

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    1. This is very nice to hear 🙂 Thank you very much 🙂

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  15. I like her. She has this kind of look that Tim Burton could work into some awesome, creepy creature.

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    1. I am happy you like her 😀 Will you vote on my today’s post?

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  16. Best bit of being an uncle? All the children’s toys i get to play with… Love this portrait.

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    1. 😆 sei un zio 🙂 It’s Madame Bovary 🙂

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  17. Love the lighting on her and great quote to accompany the image.

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    1. The doll is suppposed to represent Madame Bovary. She was a tragic literary figure. I got it as a gift just a week ago and had to take a portrait of her 😀 I am glad you like the post, Jane 🙂

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  18. […] of porcelain dolls made after famous female literary characters (some of you have already met my Madame Bovary) and among them there was Estella from Great Expectations, my favourite novel by Charles Dickens. […]

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