I stumbled on this the other day.. http://www.emptymansionsbook.com./ ^Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see a single shred of happiness in any of the photos I've seen there, so far. When my Grandma told me that "money can't buy you happiness" (when I was a boy), I think she was talking about something like the story I just posted here. Am I wrong? Do you think Huguette had a happy adulthood with all of her money? Her houses look creepy to me. Maybe that's just how things were back then..
No, she does not look very happy, but the photos are beautiful...... No, money cannot buy love or happiness. It can make life a bit easier, at times....though.
They look common for the opulent of the time period, so yeah that's how things were for them... Not for everyone else though.
This looks like a happy 'opulent' home.. Dumfries House: https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrTcXLUA.hTThkALB6JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTI0NHBoZXZkBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANmMTNjY2YyMWYzNjcwYjdjOGZhNTA4NTJiOTM3MzZkMARncG9zAzM2OQRpdANiaW5n?back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3D19th%2Bcentury%2Bhomes%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3D19th%2Bcentury%2Bhomes%26fr%3Dyfp-t-901-s%26spos%3D72%26nost%3D1%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D369&w=948&h=550&imgurl=janeaustensworld.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fdumfries-house-axminster-carpet.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjaneaustensworld.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F11%2F14%2Faxminster-carpets-18th-and-19th-century-british-interiors%2F&size=154.1KB&name=Axminster+carpet+in+the+Blue+Drawing+Room%2C+Dumfries+House&p=19th+century+homes&oid=f13ccf21f3670b7c8fa50852b93736d0&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-901-s&tt=Axminster+carpet+in+the+Blue+Drawing+Room%2C+Dumfries+House&b=361&ni=640&no=369&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=13bd965g2&sigb=14pi89671&sigi=12grqcako&sigt=11p88t493&sign=11p88t493&.crumb=XElXEsxwrV/&fr=yfp-t-901-s This is creepy.. Bellosguardo House: http://www.emptymansionsbook.com./bellosguardo-rooms/
This photo, from her 5th Avenue apartment in New York, struck me as eerie. It instantly said "Funeral Home", to me.
