Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Isabelle Eberhardt
Born: February 17, 1877
Died: October 21, 1904 (aged 27)
Bio: Isabelle Eberhardt was a Swiss explorer and writer. She was educated in Switzerland by her father, who was a tutor, and published short stories under a male pseudonym as a teenager.
Known for:
- The Oblivion Seekers
- The Nomad
- In the shadow of Islam
- Dans l'ombre chaude de l'Islam
- Au pays des sables