Fantine, Les Misérables.   “As for Fantine, she was a joy to behold. Her

Fantine,Les Misérables.  

“As for Fantine, she was a joy to behold. Her splendid teeth had evidently received an office from God, – laughter (…) Brilliant of face, delicate of profile, with eyes of a deep blue, heavy lids, feet arched and small, wrists and ankles admirably  formed, a white skin which, here and there allowed the azure branching of the veins to be seen, joy, a cheek that was young and fresh, the robust throat of the Juno of Aegina, a strong and supple nape of the neck, shoulders modelled as though by Coustou, with a voluptuous dimple in the middle, visible through the muslin; a gayety cooled by dreaminess; sculptural and exquisite – such was Fantine; and beneath these feminine adornments and these ribbons one could divine a statue, and in that statue a soul.”