Rimbaud's girl

Vitaly can understand Alan's choice and why Arthur created such a story.This is an attitude towards life, and of course the reason behind it deserves a dedicated analysis article by Freud.For some people, the lack of freedom of the body is equivalent to the lack of freedom of the spirit. It takes courage to live, but not to die.

She discussed this issue with Gabriel, "You know it's painful to be paralyzed in bed, you can't do anything, you can't do anything, you can't turn yourself over, you can't bathe yourself, you can't pee yourself, bathing may not be a big deal Big things, but the simplest pissing doesn't work, there is no dignity in life for many people. It's a horrible life."

"That said, it's important to have a healthy body."

"Of course. If I'm young and can only lie in bed, I won't be able to die for a while, maybe I can only lie down for many years, and I may also..." She herself doesn't care much about the topic of suicide, But Gabriel is hard to say.

"Don't, don't think about impossible things. You have to think about it. We have children, Charlotte, and a little Leo in the future." Gabriel kissed her, "We will raise our children together. When we are old, there is a high probability that I will not be able to walk. Don't abandon me then."

Vitaly was about to cry from laughter, "Look at what you said!"

He pretended to cough a few times and hoarsely said, "Weiwei, Weiwei, Mydarling, please take a look at me."

She couldn't help laughing, "You are so funny. Oh, you woke up the baby, pick her up quickly." She pulled the rope at the head of the bed, and the maid quickly came in and took little Charlotte away.

"Are you going out this afternoon?"

"Get out, go to the clubhouse."

"What about dinner?"

"I made a dinner appointment with someone, and I'll be back after dinner." She squeezed her face, "It's always raining these days, and when the weather clears up, I'll take you and Charlotte out for a walk. What are you doing at home in the afternoon?"

"Organize the books and materials."

"Don't be too tired, just sleep a little longer."

"No, I'm always sleeping. I feel like I've slept too much these days."

"When the weather is fine, I will definitely take you out for a walk. You are always bored at home, but you are going to get bored."

"Come back early, don't be too late."

He smiled, "I know."

Gabriel went out.

Vitaly went to see little Charlotte, who had been nursed by the nurse and put to sleep.

A child has its own room and its own servants, and when it is still a baby, it has a maid and a nurse.The little baby's face, which is almost full moon, has grown a little, and it is no longer the clown with red skin and wrinkled forehead when he was just born.Her little arms were bent, she clenched her little fists, and she put them next to her little head, falling asleep.

Who is she like?She's too young to tell whether she looks like her father or her mother.Mrs. Orland wishfully thought that little Charlotte was like her father, and Mrs. Rimbaud thought that the child was like Vitaly when she was young, she was a beautiful girl at first glance.

The two grandmothers were very proud, and they competed to praise how cute and beautiful the baby was. The Oran family had not been very prosperous, and Mrs. Oran was already looking forward to the next child.Although Mrs. Rimbaud felt sorry for Vitaly, she also felt that a woman, after getting married, should give birth to more children for her husband.

Vitaly dealt with the wishes expressed by her mother-in-law and mother very tactfully. Anyway, she just followed what they said and it was over. When will there be another one? Isn't it up to her to decide?It is impossible for the two mothers to ask her to think about the next one right away, so there is no need to be nervous.

Gabriel, a novice father, is wonderful. As long as he is at home every day, he always visits his children several times.The milk baby is still in the stage of eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, so there is no need to take her to play; there is a maid at home, and there is no need for dad to change her diapers or anything.Vitaly was determined to ask him to take more care of the child, so she insisted on bathing the child with him every day, and asked him to dress the child after the bath.

He was terrified when he bathed the baby for the first time. He felt that the baby was too small and too soft, and he didn't know what to do.It was the same when dressing the child for the first time, he held his breath carefully, and said foolishly, the little baby's arms and legs were too small and soft, and he was afraid that too much force would damage her.

Both the maid and the nanny couldn't stop laughing: the young master is so silly and cute!

Both the host and hostess are young and treat their first child like a toy to play with every day.They don't have to do laundry or breastfeed their children, which is basically the same as life before their children were born.Vitaly spends more time with the child, but that's just a few more visits, changing her clothes, not even changing her diapers.

Having money is still very comfortable. They don’t have to do most of the dirty work by themselves, and they don’t have to wake up at night, so they won’t be very tired, and they won’t quarrel over who will do the housework or who will take care of the children.Vitaly even thought that if raising a child didn't take much time and energy, she didn't seem to mind having more children.

Little Charlotte is a child who is easy to take care of. She grows up quickly, is healthy and lively, and seeing her daughter's face getting fuller day by day gives me a sense of accomplishment.

She goes back to her room.

The house has been arranged by her, and it is now a warm and lovely little house-compared to the Oran family's big house-enough for them to live with several children.The children's room was several rooms away from their bedroom so that they would not be woken up at night when the nanny took care of the children.

The house was built in the early 17th century and was originally dilapidated. After the Oran couple bought it, it was fully renovated, but the interior remained the same. It was the shape without a special corridor, only one side had windows, and the door opened by the window during the day. All the doors are open, this configuration is for good lighting during the day.Vitaly felt that this structure was very novel nowadays, so she chose this house.

Redecorated and ordered solid color wallpaper to replace the original wallpaper.At first, Mrs. Oran thought that the solid-color wallpaper in their new house was a little too plain?But after hanging the paintings brought by Vitaly from France on the solid-color wallpaper, the effect is really good.Most of the Impressionist paintings are colorful and highly saturated, especially bright in places with good light.The room is now illuminated by kerosene lamps on light stands, which is already very bright. Vitaly said that if the indoor lighting uses electric lights, the effect will be better.

Now, there is a wedding photo of the young couple hanging on the bedside in the bedroom, black and white, the photographer's photography skills are not bad, she is quite satisfied.There are two oil paintings hanging on the left wall, one is Monet's standing strip portrait of her, and the other is her strip standing portrait of Gabriel.

After she finished painting Gabriel's portrait, he was so happy that he blew rainbow farts again, which was so beautiful.

In fact, it is easy to satisfy him.

What is the luckiest thing in a person's life?

Maybe it’s not because of a rich family background, loving parents, brother-sister love, or a successful career and a smooth life, but—you have achieved your ideal, or dream, with your own efforts. This kind of "sense of accomplishment" is unparalleled.She is undoubtedly lucky, she has a lot, she came out of a small town in northern France, and now she is in London, the largest city in Europe.

She opened the window, and the green grass in front of the house was luxuriant, and small patches of flower beds were scattered on the lawn, planting her favorite white roses.

Not far away, there are rows of neat trees, and a little further away, there is a straight road.

The late spring wind blows from afar, carrying the warmth of the approaching summer.

Someone rode a horse from the main road, galloped all the way, reined in the reins when they were almost in front of the house, and jumped off the horse briskly.The man's hair was a darker golden brown that grew below the ears and seemed to shimmer in the sun.

He raised his face and waved to her by the window, "Vitale!"

He is just young, with a bright and contented smile on his face, and a good life is ahead.

"Arthur!"

The siblings stood by little Charlotte's crib.

"I still can't believe it, this is your child." Arthur whispered, "How small she is!"

"When you come back next time, she will grow up."

"Oh, yes." He brushed her hair carefully, "You have grown up, my sister."

"Everyone will grow up, and it's a good thing to grow up." She thought of the sister who didn't survive.

"No matter where I go, I will miss you. If you want to say that the person who understands me best in this world must be you. Only you." He was a little uneasy and sad, "We have the same blood on our bodies, and we have the same blood. Same soul. Promise me, my dear sister, to take good care of yourself, and take good care of your children, but first, take good care of yourself."

Vitaly bowed her head: Arthur was very interesting, he didn't mention Gabriel.In his heart, Gabriel is at most a familiar stranger. This does not mean that his classmates have not had feelings for several years. He is the kind of cold person who can only be fettered by family affection.

"You should also take good care of yourself, don't get sick, don't go to dangerous places, don't do dangerous things."

Arthur smiled, "I will."

Charlotte smacked her mouth a few times.

"Don't wake her up."

So Arthur carefully touched the little baby's face with his fingers, "Goodbye, Charlotte."

Goodbye, Arthur.

Goodbye, Vitaly.

The night wind blew his hair, and he kissed his sister's forehead.

Take care, Vitaly.

Take care, Arthur.

The handsome young man got on his horse and galloped away.

Gabriel rested his hands on her shoulders, stroked her hair, and kissed the top of her hair lightly.

Her eyes were red, and she was surprised that it was not the first time she had parted with Arthur, but why...

A baby was crying upstairs, and Gabriel called her softly, "Darling."

Feeling lost, she sighed lightly.

The gentle night wind blew her hair, bringing a burst of fragrance.

Darling, do you like this life?

now?

Correct.

It's ok, most of the time, not bad.

Can't you just say "like"?

I love so much.Thank you for giving me a home.

No, Darling, our home.Always remember this.

OK, MyLord.

Are you satisfied with your life now?

very satisfied.

I'm doing pretty well, right?

You did very well.

Thank you, MyDarling.

you are welcome.

I love you, Darling.

I love you too.

I love you too.

(End of text)

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epilogue one

One day in May 1880, Gustave Flaubert died of a cerebral hemorrhage in his Paris apartment.

The adopted daughter Vitaly Rimbauer-Olan rushed back from London with her husband and daughter, and arranged for Flaubert's funeral. According to his previous oral will, he was buried next to his mother, Mrs. Caroline.

The funeral was simple and solemn, and all of Flaubert's former friends came to mourn with deep sorrow.

After the funeral, the lawyer read out the will, and Flaubert left the Crosva Manor and its surrounding fields to Vitaly; the items in the manor, all the paintings that Vitaly bought through Vitaly gave Vitaly, listed There is a list; other items are equally distributed to adopted daughter Vitaly and niece Caroline; tens of thousands of francs in cash are equally distributed to Vitaly's daughter Charlotte, and Caroline's children Philip, Romy, and little Vitaly ;

Flaubert wrote three plays in the years before his death, which are still staged in theaters in Paris and London, and the box office dividends are left to Vitaly; the copyrights of other literary works are also left to Vitaly.

After taking care of her adoptive father's funeral, Vitaly sent Charlotte back to London to be raised by the Oran couple. The young couple then sailed to the United States.

epilogue two

Arthur Rimbaud, who was never married, died of bone cancer at the age of 45 in Marseille.

His younger sisters, Vitaly and Isabel, took care of him until his deathbed.

He has written a lot in his life. He has published two collections of poetry, one "America Travel Notes" and one "African Travel Notes".

Known as the pioneer of new poetry, he was hailed as the founder of "Surrealism", and "Symbolism" regarded him as an outstanding leader, but he refused to be classified into any faction during his lifetime.

A history of French poetry or related anthologies of French poetry, literary criticism, etc. may not have Paul Verlaine, but there must be Arthur Rimbaud; but whenever French poetry or nineteenth-century poetry is mentioned, Arthur Rimbaud will definitely be mentioned. Rimbaud.

Later literary critics believed that he could not be simply classified into a certain faction, he was special and different.His works are neither realistic nor romantic, but like his poems, they are also "surreal" and "advanced".

Arthur Rimbaud and his sister Vitaly Rimbaud are called "Rimbaud brothers and sisters".

Epilogue three

Vitaly Rimbaud wrote a total of 19 books and travel notes, and she worked hard and diligently.

Written in French at an early stage, she began to write in English after her marriage.

The range of materials is wide, but the core is mostly about the awakening of women's consciousness and women's plight and struggle in reality; she also wrote three family histories of the New World under a pseudonym, and the author's real name was not announced until after her death. Published under the name of "Bo".

Later generations of literary critics believed that she was an invisible "feminist". She never publicly expressed obvious feminist tendencies, and she has always been careful to avoid being "defined".She has published several miscellaneous talks, arguing that writers cannot be limited, and literary creation has no boundaries, but should come from the "passion" that the creator wants to tell. This kind of vigorous "creative passion" is the key to creating a good work. premise.

Britain and France competed to recognize her as a national writer.

She is one of the writers whose works were most adapted into film and television dramas among the French writers in the [-]th century. The other two writers whose works are often adapted into film and television dramas are Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo.

Epilogue four

Vincent van Gogh held his first solo exhibition in Paris at the age of 1886 in 33, and his second exhibition in London at the age of 36.

The first exhibition lasted for a week, and on the first day, he only sold one painting.

He is full of energy and extremely fast, and can often finish an oil painting in a day.He still hasn't received systematic and complete training in the basic skills of painting, and he is always inaccurate in grasping the shape, especially in portraiture. If he wants him to paint a face as meticulously and accurately as a romantic or classical painter, he will never be able to do it.

His colors are bold and bright, from the large pieces of blue and vermilion in the early stage to the golden yellow and emerald green in the middle stage. He especially likes to tinker with color and tone, and has been developing different brushes, such as branches, fingers, horse hair oil brushes, Wool oil brushes, oriental brushes made of rabbit fur or wool, reeds, etc., charcoal pencils of various brands and thicknesses, and sometimes even draw with charcoal.

I have always liked Japanese Ukiyo-e very much, and have copied many Ukiyo-e paintings, but after his hand painting, Ukiyo-e also brought a strong "Van Gogh characteristic".

He felt that the most beautiful painting he painted in his life was the landscape portrait of Vitaly named "Summer of Arles" later.

Epilogue five

Vincent van Gogh briefly met Paul Gauguin, but Vitaly disliked Gauguin, saying he was a "delicate egoist" and asked Theo to tell Vincent to stay away from him.

Many years later, Vincent returned to Arles again, where he lived for 10 months.

He was never married and had no children, but had two mistresses at different times in Amsterdam and Marseille.

Unfortunately, he got syphilis and died in Marseille at the age of 44. The cause of death was not a complication of syphilis, but accidentally fell into the sea while painting by the sea.

Later pathologists and historians believed that he could not bear the pain of syphilis and threw himself into the sea.

However, some people think that, judging from the religious background of Van Gogh's family, Vincent is unlikely to choose to commit suicide.

Vincent left hundreds of letters from Theo, and Theo left thousands of letters from Vincent.Later biographers and historians studied the letters between the brothers and found that a mysterious "Miss R" appeared from time to time, and they verified that this "Miss R" was Vitaly. R is the initial letter of "Rimbaud".

Epilogue six

Vitaly held her first solo exhibition in Paris at the age of 1883 in 25, and at the age of 1889 in 31, held a double exhibition with Vincent van Gogh in London.

She studied under Edgar Degas, and her style of painting belongs to Impressionism, with quiet and soft colors and a very high standard; Vincent van Gogh is considered by later generations to belong to "Post-Impressionism".She only sold a small number of paintings during her lifetime, and left most of them to her children.Her descendants preserved most of the paintings during World War II. After World War II, the old house where Vitaly lived when she was newly married was converted into a museum, and Vitaly's paintings, as well as many impressionist paintings she collected, were publicly exhibited.

The museum is named after "Summer of Arles", and the treasure of the town hall is "Summer of Arles" by Vincent van Gogh.

The Summer Museum of Arles has the largest collection of Van Gogh paintings outside of the Van Gogh Museum in the Netherlands and is visited by millions of visitors every year.

The number of paintings collected by Vitaly is huge, excluding sketches and sketches, including hundreds of oil paintings and more than a thousand pastel paintings. Except for some paintings displayed in the museum, there are still a considerable number of fine works.

Vitaly's descendants are very careful, and only a small number of paintings are sold in the auction market. The prices of paintings range from hundreds of thousands of pounds to tens of millions of pounds. The most valuable paintings are Van Gogh's paintings. "Summer of Arles" can only be estimated by the auction company and will never be sold.

More than a dozen Van Gogh oil paintings including "Summer of Arles" were stolen in 1978, causing a sensation in Britain, France and the Netherlands. Vitaly's descendants offered a reward of 50 pounds to find the lost "Summer of Arles". After 20 years It was not until 1998 that someone called the Paris police anonymously to report that the painting had been placed in the bedroom of the Flaubert House in Paris.

Before the French Ministry of Culture returned the paintings, it asked the Summer Museum of Arles to agree to keep the batch of paintings on display in Paris for a month.

Epilogue seven

Vitaly died in Paris at the age of 52, months after being diagnosed with bone cancer.

In view of the fact that her brother Arthur still couldn't avoid the great pain after the amputation, after the diagnosis, she secretly asked Gabriel to get a lot of sex.

Gabriel stayed by her bed until she was no longer breathing.

Gabriel passed away peacefully one autumn evening in London, more than a year later, at the age of fifty-five.

Vitaly and Gabriel had three children, Charlotte in London in 1879, Louise in Marseille in 1884, and Leonardo in Paris in 1888.

The three children, all with double surnames: Rimbaud-Olan, all became playwrights and writers in the future.

Vitaly's affection for children is actually average. She likes her eldest daughter Charlotte the most. Charlotte got married at the age of 22 and gave birth to her son Arthur Jr. at the age of 25 with a difference of 3 months.When Vitaly became a grandmother at the age of 46, she was terrified.

Gabriel loves the second daughter Louise the most.

When Leonard was young, he was aggrieved and thought that he was adopted, not his parents' biological child.

Epilogue eight

The Rimbaud family’s Charleville former residence, No. 5, Madeleine Street, became the memorial hall of the former residence of the Rimbaud brothers and sisters during the 1954th anniversary of Arthur Rimbaud’s birth in [-]. It is said that the interior furnishings are all Lanbo’s Bo's furnishings.There are no internal photos of the old house of Rimbaud's house, but later generations have restored the internal details from the large number of letters left by the Rimbaud brothers and sisters.

Vitaly Rimbaud was fond of taking pictures and left a lot of photos during his lifetime; Arthur also took photos as much as possible and sent them home when he was traveling abroad. Later generations can get a glimpse of the Rimbaud brothers and sisters from those black and white photos.

The younger sister, Isabelle, married at the age of 30, a Parisian poet who admired Arthur Rimbaud.

The older brother, Frederick, did not marry until he was 39 years old. After marriage, he had a son, Frederick Jr.

In November 1907, Madame Rimbaud died peacefully at the age of 11.

Her beloved son Arthur passed away 8 years ago. Over the years, she has missed that child who has been restless and rebellious since he was a teenager. He spent 20 years in Charleville after graduating from Oxford University. It didn't add up to more than two months.

Epilogue Nine

Neither Arthur nor Vitaly wrote an autobiography. Many years after the brothers and sisters died, Leonardo wrote a biography for his uncle, and Charlotte wrote a biography for his mother.

Although there are hundreds of Van Gogh paintings in the family collection, none of the three siblings are willing to write a biography for Van Gogh, nor do they like to hear that Van Gogh is always mentioned as his mother's admirer.

In the biography of Vitaly, Charlotte wrote very tangled about Vincent van Gogh, a very famous painter at this time, thinking that Van Gogh's love for Vitaly was just one of the tragedies in his life, Vitaly Has a strong desire to be famous and will not tolerate the possibility that her husband may be more famous than she is.People only know the famous writer Vitaly Rimbaud, who knows who Mr. Oran is?Right?

But other biographers are not polite. When writing about Van Gogh, they will always write about Vitaly, and when writing about Vitaly, Van Gogh will not be left behind. But to be honest, there is nothing to catch wind and shadows. He went to Marseilles and announced his engagement to Gabriel Oran after he came back. In addition to the letters written by the brothers and sisters to Mrs. Rimbaud and Flaubert, it is conclusively known that Gabriel proposed to Vitaly in Arles. , she agreed, so Vincent said goodbye to his beloved girl in pain.

After that, they didn't see each other for many years, only exchanged letters, until Vincent went to Paris to hold a painting exhibition.

Vincent held three art exhibitions during his lifetime, all of which were funded by Vitaly, a big benefactor. Some people say that the two of them are the relationship between the investor and the artist being invested. Vincent is at most unrequited love, unrequited love , everyone knows that 90% of them are poor and fruitless.

Epilogue ten

Gabriel inherited the baronetship and property of the Oran family at the age of 40, and the earldom and property of the Boldwood family at the age of 42. The property of the two families including manors, houses, and fields made his net worth jump to hundreds of dollars. Thousands of pounds.

The Oran family was one of the earliest households in Britain to use electric lighting. He and his cousin Charles Langdon had a very high return on investment in the United States, earning tens of thousands of dollars in profit every year. After the appearance of the AC motor, the problem of current transmission and Due to the cost of electric light circuits, lighting electric lights have become the new darling of life technology. Clean and safe new lighting methods are very popular.

Gabriel has always invested carefully, leaving an inheritance of up to 200 million pounds to his children.

Fortunately, he and Vitaly's direct descendants did not appear to be super prodigal sons, and they are also very good at accumulating wealth. When the turnover is not good, they can randomly pick out an oil painting and sell it, and a large amount of cash will be in the account within a few months.After World War II, the global economy continued to improve, the art market repeatedly hit new highs in transaction volume, and the money scene was booming.

He and Vitaly have always had a good husband and wife relationship, translated all her French works into English, and transcribed manuscripts for her when there were no typewriters; after Arthur's death, he and Vitaly compiled Arthur's works and published them .

He thought the official job was too boring, so he ran home after working in a newspaper for a week, but he didn't mind being a literary critic, and would write a few random talks when he was interested; Arthur won money playing cards together, and was chased by people with knives several times, so angry that Vitaly forbade them to go out to play cards.

During my stay in the United States, I met Oscar Wilde who also traveled to the United States. Arthur still looked down on Wilde, and Wilde also looked down on Arthur. This is a rivalry.

After Vitaly's death, Gabriel's mental state declined rapidly, and he was often in a trance, thinking his wife was still alive.

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The author has something to say: *3 words were not written!Alas, I feel like I don’t want to write a side story after finishing the main text, and I don’t know what to write.That's all for the time being, if I think of something to write in a few days, I may add a modern extra.Not guaranteed.

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*Wild Rose of Versailles will be updated tomorrow.Some people say that the title of this book is the same as the ancient Japanese girl manga "The Rose of Versailles", so I added an extra word to distinguish it.Louis XIV became the king of France at the age of 5, and began to spend a lot of money after he took office at the age of 23. The construction of the Palace of Versailles was one of the big projects where thieves spent money. The palace where Louis XIV lives in "The Man in the Iron Mask" is in Paris, obviously not Versailles.The Palace of Versailles, in the town of Versailles outside Paris, was originally the hunting lodge of Louis XIII.

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Vitaly: Millie Bobby Brown

Gabriel: Tom Holland or Timothee Chalamet

Vincent van Gogh: Colin Morgan

Arthur: Leonardo DiCaprio:,,,