Editing Beatrice Wood (section)

===Roché, Duchamp, and ''Jules et Jim''===

Though she was most involved with Roché, the two often spent time with Duchamp, creating a kind of love triangle. This was not, however, the inspiration for Roché's 1953 novel, {{ill|Jules et Jim (novel)|fr|Jules et Jim (roman)|lt=Jules et Jim |italic=yes}} (or the [[Jules et Jim|1962 film adaptation]] by [[François Truffaut]]).<ref name="Smith" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://helfenfinearts.com/biogs/woodFset.html |title=Spencer Jon Helfen Fine Arts<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=October 30, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418234524/http://helfenfinearts.com/biogs/woodFset.html |archive-date=April 18, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Jules et Jim'' was based on the triangle involving Roché, German writer [[Franz Hessel]], and Helen Grund, who married Hessel.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120722065905/http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/23/julesjim.html Bright Lights Film Journal | Jules and Jim<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Roché alluded to the Wood-Roché-Duchamp triangle in his unfinished novel, ''Victor''.<ref>The unfinished text of ''Victor'' has been published in English as [https://atlaspress.co.uk/product/marcel-duchamp-henri-pierre-roche-beatrice-wood-three-new-york-dadas-and-the-blindman/ ''Three New York Dadas and The Blindman''] (London: Atlas Press, 2013). Retrieved 22 April 2023.</ref> Wood herself saw little resemblance between ''Jules et Jim'' and her relationship with Roché and Duchamp, writing in her 1985 autobiography, ''I Shock Myself'':
{{blockquote|Roché lived in Paris with his wife Denise, and had by now written ''Jules et Jim''{{nbsp}}... Because the story concerns two young men who are close friends and a woman who loves them both, people have wondered how much was based on Roché, Marcel, and me. I cannot say what memories or episodes inspired Roché, but the characters bear only passing resemblance to those of us in real life! (p. 136)}}