Thursday, 8 October 2026
Section · 1349 stories

Mores

Aristocracy · Archive · Observations · Mores · Humour

When I am told that I love animals too much and people too little, I remember the Duchess of Leuchtenberg, of whom it was said that, rising at 11 in the evening, she did not sleep until 9 in the morning, kept 8 dogs, and at night ordered the livers to be

When I am told that I love animals too much and people too little, I remember the Duchess of Leuchtenberg, of whom it was said that, rising at 11 in the evening, she did not sleep until 9 in the morning, kept 8 dogs, and at night ordered the livers

By Alexandr Radayev