This is the kind of story I’ve always loved.
When Artie Shaw and Ava Gardner were divorcing
on account of cruelty, the judge asked Ava
what Artie had done that was so cruel.
"He made me read The Magic Mountain," Ava said.
She got the divorce right away.
(The story might not be true
but I love it anyway.)
Artie Shaw was an intellectual. Times did a story on him a long time ago, when he was still living, and described his library.