Ludwig Bemelmans said that the French schoolgirl was inspired by his mother, wife and daughter. “But,” his grandson wrote after his death, “certainly it was also part Bemelmans himself — the smallest in class, the one always in trouble.”
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The Smallest One …: How the Author of ‘Madeline’ Created His Most Famous Character
Saturday, 28 April 2018
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