The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

La Belle Bernice

Farmenter, Frederick A. "La Belle Bernice." New York Saturday Press, August 16, 1859, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

A woman marries into wealth but is miserable because it is a loveless marriage. Meanwhile, her previous lover comes wandering to her mansion, thinking about what she sacrificed so she could live in such a place.