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Old 30th November 2009, 06:01 AM   #286 (permalink)
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Now why didn't I think of that? Wasn't it Guy de Maupassant who ran away from the Eiffel Tower because he found it so vulgar?
Wilde had breakfast inside the tower every morning as it was the only place in Paris where he didn't have to look at it.
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A new (to me) Wilde anecdote! This makes my day, possibly my week,thanks.
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