Vocabulary

angoisse, p. 40: anguish
cause célèbre, 1:
beau monde of the 1930s, 3: fashionable society; literally "fine world";
droit de seigneur, p. 47:
à fleur de tête eyes, p. 67;
mal vue, 30: frowned upon; "...she was already mal vue in society for her "fast" reputation
partie carée, 64: party of four; two couples, especially if involved in a love-relationship

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"... like the strident memsahibs that Karen Blixen described later ...", 10: a married white or upper-class woman (often used as a respectful form of address by nonwhites)


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Victorian shibboleth: the sun was improperly sensual and immodest; certainly not something that could easily be shared with Africans on an equal basis; p. 15

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blackguard
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Bronxes: a drink, p 69

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