Paris in Quotations

Over the centuries, Paris has intrigued, revolted, scandalized and most of all captured the heart of many a visitor. For Dickens it is the 'most extraordinary place in the world', for Hazlitt, 'a beast of a city', and for French writers, the essence of civilization: 'I maintain that, for people of breeding, there is no salvation out of Paris.' claimed playwright Molière. Describing the capital variously as a city of lovers, gastronomy, fashion and filth, myriad quotations - sometimes poetic, sometimes humorous and always fizzing with insight - are collected here.

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Describing the capital variously as a city of lovers, gastronomy, fashion and filth, myriad quotations – sometimes poetic, sometimes humorous and always fizzing with insight – are collected here.

Product details

• Authors: Jaqueline Mitchell, Jaqueline (COM) Mitchell
• Assisted by: Jaqueline Mitchell (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.10.2014, delayed
• EAN: 9781851244102
• ISBN: 978-1-85124-410-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: In Quotations; The Bodleian Library; In Quotations
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > History; Travel > Illustrated books