In Versailles I initially abhorred miserable envy (8)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

JE (French for “I”, as in the French palace of Versailles = “I in Versailles”) + initial letter of A [bhorred] + LOUSY (slang for very unsatisfactory = miserable). Originally envy and jealousy were slightly different concepts, but in modern usage the distinction seems to have been lost. (Envy = something belongs to you, and I want it; jealousy = something belongs to me, and I don’t want you to have it.)