“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Throughout the story, the Ladies’ Paradise store represents capitalism and consumerism, while Denise depicts the struggling proletariat in the city. Discover what life was like in an 1860s department store in Paris from Denise, a saleswoman who comes to the big city to find work. A woman’s opinion, however humble she may be, is always worth listening to, if she’s got any sense…If you put yourself in my hands, I shall certainly make a decent man of you.”Īlthough this novel is technically the eleventh in Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, it can be read as a standalone. You might be familiar with the much lighter Disney adaptation of this book. The Hunchback of Notre Dame was such a big hit in its time that it spurred a historic preservation movement and led to renovations at Notre Dame. This French Gothic novel takes place in 1482 in Paris and centers around the Notre-Dame cathedral and its bellringer, Quasimodo. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.” The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. “Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo You may recognize other famous writers he encounters, such as James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Wyndham Lewis, or F. In A Moveable Feast, Hemingway recounts his experience of living in Paris as a young writer in the 1920s. Topping the list of classic novels set in Paris is this memoir by Ernest Hemingway. “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

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