Philosophy in the Bedroom an active part in this brutality and even declaring her wish to kill her mother. Dolmancé eventually calls in for a servant who has syphilis to rape Eugénie's mother. Eugénie sews up her vagina and Dolmancé her anus to keep the polluted seed inside and she is then sent home in tears, knowing her daughter has been lost to the corrupt, libertine mentality of Dolmancé and his accomplices. Spanish director Jesús Franco has made two films based on "Philosophy in the Boudoir": "" (1970), a.k.a. "De Sade '70" and "Eugenie (Historia de una perversión)" (1980). Italian director Aurelio Grimaldi also
The Newcastle Eccentrics of the 19th century The Newcastle Eccentrics of the 19th century The Newcastle Eccentrics were a group of unrelated people who lived in and around the centre of Newcastle and its Quayside between the end of the 18th and early/mid 19th century. Around the end of the 18th century and the early and mid 19th century there were many characters frequenting the town centre and quayside of old Newcastle, These were characters who were described as "Worthies", "Props" or "Eccentrics" and would later be more gently described as "unfortunates". All had some form of physical or mental disability, but were looked upon as "unfortunates"