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This woman was famous (in part) for a lifelong relationship with Jean Paul Sartre.

Simone De Beauvoir. It was DeBeauvoir, a fellow existentialist.

Mary Ann Evans wrote under the name of George Eliot. One of her novels was:

Silas Marner. Did everyone have to read this in high school or junior high?

The woman who wrote a series of racy novels about a woman called 'Claudine'.

Colette. Colette wrote - and lived -racy. (Sand was involved with Chopin and De Musset.)

Ayn Rand is as well known for her marriage-breaking affair as for her novels which describe a rugged brand of individualism. Which novel is NOT one of hers?

The Wealth of Nations. Her philosophy is controversial, but her novels are quite interesting.

This woman is well-known for a long relationship with author Henry Miller.

Anais Nin. Another 'wild woman'.

A mysterious 'dark lady' was the subject of - and the possible inspiration for - poems that were written by

Shakespeare. The identity of the Dark Lady is a subject of speculation for Shakespearean scholars.

Camille Claudel, a minor artist, was better known for her long affair with another artist:

Rodin. Rodin - 'The Thinker'.

Evelyn Nesbit was catapulted into the headlines when her(strange) husband shot a prominent architect named:

Stanford White. Thaw shot White and ended up in prison. See the movie ('The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing') with (a very young) Joan Collins and Ray Milland.

The key figure in the Profumo scandal that rocked Great Britain in the second half of the 20th Century was

Christine Keeler. Keeler's involvement with Cabinet member Profumo was big stuff at the time.

Everyone knows that Liz Taylor broke up Eddie Fisher's marriage to Debbie Reynolds. Who was Taylor's husband before Fisher?

Mike Todd. All are former husbands of Liz, but it was the death of Todd in a plane crash that led Fisher to console Liz. Fisher and Todd were good friends.