In the 1974 BBC series of Anthony Trollope’s The Pallisers, Lady Glencora (played by Susan Hampshire) is shown reading Splendeurs et Miseres des Courtisanes (Splendours and Miseries of Courtesans).
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La Comedie Humaine by Balzac 
Susan Hampshire is a prominent dyslexic and so that frown may be genuine. An amazing actress, she carried that entire series IMO.
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Thanks, Lisa. I didn’t know that about her. I took her expression to be amazement at what she was reading–amazement with perhaps a bit of shock, lol.
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