Coco Avant Chanel (2009)

(Source: clawsandfangs)

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Henry: What are you reading?

Fanny: Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey.

Henry: May I?

[Fanny reluctantly hands him the book, and Henry reads aloud]

I was interrupted with a voice which I took to be of a child which complained it could not get out. I looked up and down the passage, and saw it was a starling hung in a little cage. ‘I can’t get out. I can’t get out,’ said the starling. ‘God help thee,’ said I, ‘but I’ll let thee out, cost what it will.’ But it was double-twisted with wire, and there was no getting it open without pulling the cage to pieces. I took both hands to it. The bird flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance and, thrusting his head through the trellis, pressed his breast against it as if impatient. ‘I fear, poor creature,’ said I, ‘I cannot set thee at liberty.’ ‘No!’ said the starling. ‘I can’t get out. I can’t get out,’ said the starling.

Mansfield Park (1999)

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Mansfield Park (1999)

Mansfield Park (1999)

Mansfield Park (1999)