# Madame Vie

> A seasoned culture maven. Writing. Sketching. And doing her Bloomsbury thing.


## Posts

- [The Forsyte Saga: A glimpse at the opening line & marginalia](https://madame-vie.com/the-forsyte-saga-a-glimpse-at-the-opening-line-marginalia/): I am always on the lookout for brilliant lines in works of literature. And I always pay attention to opening lines. Today on Totally Booked at Madame Vie (link in bio) Forsyte Saga. (Volume One) by Galsworthy. Galsworthy manages to define the state of society, the rise of the privileged, the blandness of their 'trees', the decline of the family in the opening lines, while nudging the reader into the flow of the plot. Yup. It's noteworthy. As for the Forsyte Saga? Well, it's: historical period social drama meets messy, juicy, and scandalous soap opera meets a literary classic. Literary Classics in today's era of the looming reality of mass illiteracy. It's sad that so many people have stopped reading and would rather scroll through junk. Whatever.
- [Hand Down.](https://madame-vie.com/hand-down/)
- [Gossip in the Market](https://madame-vie.com/gossip-in-the-market/)
- [Collage on Blue. The Tales of Genji](https://madame-vie.com/collage-on-blue-the-tales-of-genji/): Collage on Blue: The Tale of Genji. Considered to be the first 'psychological' novel - spanning generations and involving many characters. Written by a Japanese noble woman Murasaki Shikibu c. 1008 - 1010
- [On gender issues, Frankenstein, self-discovery, the Nephilim.](https://madame-vie.com/on-gender-issues-frankenstein-self-discovery-the-nephilim/): A short journey of insight - a different perspective of looking at Frankenstein and Mary Shelley's writing. From the feminization of Victor Frankenstein to the symbolism of the Nephilim in the novel.
- [Society Has Entered the Damage Zone. Can We Escape?](https://madame-vie.com/society-has-entered-the-damage-zone-can-we-escape/): How can a world boasting so many technological advances and capabilities have so many displaced populations, terrorized ethnic groups, war, millions starving, millions wandering in virtual euphoria, millions displaying impaired cognitive skills, millions of subsets feeling persecuted and victimized, struggling within a herd mindset? Millions are detached from what it means to be human, stuck in an illusory existence in a virtual herd, fed memes, and robbed of understanding the legacy of the human experience in its full blossom and glory. We had enough problems already...and then came the horrific side of A.I. ...
- [Facts. Fantasy. And the fine (blurry) line that separates them.](https://madame-vie.com/facts-fantasy-and-the-fine-blurry-line-that-separates-them/): Where can fantasy merge with reality—and mummy jam, headless figures, automatons, and living in snail shells all comfortably coexist? In the most fascinating medieval manuscript and painting collection. Report on News at 11. (Only kidding. Wanted to see if you're reading.) Strange and unusual facts and images in the post.
- [The Back Cover](https://madame-vie.com/the-back-cover/): When the boiled-down gist of the plot - the crux of the issue- is the back cover of a diary novel. The Spill. A diary novel. The diary? Kept by Markie- a woman who manages to drip her panic attack onto the pages of her diary. The Rule of Silence. Not many people have experienced it. Being bound by an unspoken LAW. Markie? She is obligated to keep that rule. But she can't do so any longer. There is the issue...
- [Le Bar Bleu](https://madame-vie.com/le-bar-bleu/)
- [On jolts, startles, London, noise, Mrs. Dalloway](https://madame-vie.com/on-jolts-startles-london-noise-mrs-dalloway/): How does a writer portray the internal psychological storms of a character? Virginia Woolf mastered the technique and displayed her prowess in the way she presented the character Clarissa Dalloway. Excerpt in post.
- [Welcome!](https://madame-vie.com/welcome/): Welcome to my journal. Some know me as Madame Vie; others know me as Sosanni V. Two names? Long Story. Anyway - welcome to my salon, of sorts. Yes, I Bloomsbury. Do you?

## Pages

- [Nephelim and Frankenstein?](https://madame-vie.com/nephelim-and-frankenstein/): Nothing is as it first appears. This is not simply a tale of a monster.

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