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.
ISBN: | 9781851244102 |
Publication date: | 28th October 2016 |
Author: | Jaqueline Mitchell |
Publisher: | Bodleian Library |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 96 pages |
Series: | In Quotations |
Genres: |
Quotations, proverbs and sayings |