What Can Learn from Houdini's Affair?
What can we learn from Houdini’s life by looking into his affair with Mrs. London?
Houdini was a man striving to push the limits of human existence, using his powerful body and acute mind to accomplish things that had never been done. While Houdini loved his wife, Bess, due to a medical condition, she never developed into a woman. (Houdini historian John Cox, Wild about Houdini). We can only imagine the Houdinis shared a loving friendship.
But, when Houdini met the passionate Charmian London, who was college educated, an author, a champion horsewoman, a concert pianist, a bohemian free-lover, he must have been overwhelmed with emotions. He experienced what passion could be, and (according to historians Kalush and Sloman) told Charmian, “I’m mad about you.” “I give all myself to you.” “I would have told my mother about you.”
It seems Houdini needed more passion in his life, and he found it in Charmian London in 1918, corresponding with each other for the rest of his life.
Then why didn’t it last?
FOLLOW The Secret Life of Mrs. Londonon Facebook to find out.
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The Secret Life of Mrs. London was named by WIKI: Marvelous Novels of the 20th century https://wiki.ezvid.com/m/kNkCn2l8yxVIl
and 2018 BEST FIRST NOVEL nominee, Center for Fiction
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072KRP7MN
Houdini was a man striving to push the limits of human existence, using his powerful body and acute mind to accomplish things that had never been done. While Houdini loved his wife, Bess, due to a medical condition, she never developed into a woman. (Houdini historian John Cox, Wild about Houdini). We can only imagine the Houdinis shared a loving friendship.
But, when Houdini met the passionate Charmian London, who was college educated, an author, a champion horsewoman, a concert pianist, a bohemian free-lover, he must have been overwhelmed with emotions. He experienced what passion could be, and (according to historians Kalush and Sloman) told Charmian, “I’m mad about you.” “I give all myself to you.” “I would have told my mother about you.”
It seems Houdini needed more passion in his life, and he found it in Charmian London in 1918, corresponding with each other for the rest of his life.
Then why didn’t it last?
FOLLOW The Secret Life of Mrs. Londonon Facebook to find out.
https://www.facebook.com/rebeccarosen...
The Secret Life of Mrs. London was named by WIKI: Marvelous Novels of the 20th century https://wiki.ezvid.com/m/kNkCn2l8yxVIl
and 2018 BEST FIRST NOVEL nominee, Center for Fiction
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072KRP7MN
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