Paris and the Parisians in 1835 - 2 Author:Frances Milton Trollope Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1836 Original Publisher: R. Bentley Subjects: Paris (France) Paris History / Europe / France Travel / Europe / France Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy t... more »he General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LETTER XLVI. La Tour de Nesle. It is, I believe, nearly two years ago since the very extraordinary drama called " La Tour de Nesle" was sent me to read, as a specimen of the outrageous school of dramatic extravagance which had taken possession of all the theatres in Paris; but I certainly did not expect that it would keep its place as a favourite spectacle with the people of this great and enlightened capital long enough for me to see it, at this distance of time, still played before a very crowded audience. That this is a national disgrace, is most certain : but the fault is less attributable to the want of good taste, than to the lamentable blunder which permits every species of vice and abomination to be enacted before the eyes of the people, without any restraint or check whatever, under the notion that they are thereby permitted to enjoy a desirable privilege and a noble freedom. Yet in this same country it is illegal to sell a deleterious drag! There is no logic in this. 38 FRENCH AND ENGLISH DRAMA. It is however an undeniable fact, as I think I have before stated, that the best class of Parisian society protest against this disgusting license, and avoid -- upon principle loudly proclaimed and avowed -- either reading or seeing acted these detestable compositions. Thus, though the crowded audiences constantly assembled whenever they are brought forward prove but too clearly that such persons form but a small minority, their opinion is nevertheless sufficient, or ought...« less