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the velvet nap

Evelyn Nesbit also appears in Doctorow's Ragtime - a glamour-puss if ever there was one

jenclair

How very strange that the notorious Evelyn was the model for Anne Shirley! I wonder how Montgomery felt when the Stanford White scandal began making the news.

LizF

Funnily enough I had never imagined Anne Shirley to be quite so glamorous!

Ruthiella

Am I wrong in thinking that Anne had auburn hair? I guess it is hard to tell with b/w photos, but Evelyn's hair seems to be very much brown. Anyway, not my idea of Anne either although she is very pretty.

Cornflower

Indeed!

Cornflower

Nor had I.

Cornflower

I think Anne's hair was auburn. I wonder what it was about Evelyn's face that drew L.M. Montgomery to use her as a visual reference for her character.

Cornflower

Not as you'd imagine Anne at all!

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