Word: duchessâ
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...Ugly Duchess THE UGLY DUCHESS???Lion Feuchtwanger (translated by Willa & Edwin Muir)?Viking...
Ugly Margarete married next the Margrave Ludwig. He at least had sufficient hardihood to perform the technical consummation of his marriage. Three children resulted; of these, two died; remained a fat silly prince who carried a dormouse in his pocket, heir to the Margrave's wide possessions. The duchess???who called her castle with the name her peasants had given her?"Maultasch" (Sack-mouth)?found a man as ugly as herself to whom she could entrust her affairs. Konrad of Frauenberg was an albino who found his enjoyment of life in eating, drinking, taking a bath, sleeping and three...
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