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• “The Thinking Space: The Café as a Cultural Institution in Paris, Italy and Vienna” (Excerpt, Part One)

  09 Sep 2015

  Excerpt from The Thinking Space: The Café as a Cultural Institution in Paris, Italy and Vienna. Used by permission of…

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• John Baxter’s “French Riviera and Its Artists” – “MANY FÊTES”: The Hôtel du Cap and Tender Is the Night (excerpt)

  15 Jul 2015

  Excerpt from French Riviera and Its Artists: Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d’Azur – “MANY FÊTES”: The Hôtel du…

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• French Impressions: Nancy L. Green on the “other” Americans; Right Bank expatriates in 20th century Paris

  24 Jun 2014

  Nancy L. Green is professor of history at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and a member there…

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• For Love or Money: Marriage and Divorce in the French capital (1880-1941) – Excerpt from Nancy L. Green’s “The Other Americans in Paris”

  19 Jun 2014

  Reprinted with permission from The Other Americans in Paris: Businessmen, Countesses, Wayward Youth, 1880-1941, by Nancy L. Green, published by…

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• Impressions françaises : Barbara Will nous parle de Gertrude Stein et de son incroyable sens de l’excès que l’on retrouve dans son écriture, sa façon de penser et sa façon d’être (deuxième partie)

  30 May 2014

  (Première partie: French)(Part one: English) Barbara Will, professeur d’anglais au Dartmouth College, a étudié à l’université de Yale (B.A.), au Bryn…

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• Impressions françaises : Barbara Will parle de Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ et la vie intellectuelle durant le temps de guerre en France (première partie)

  29 May 2014

  (Deuxième partie: French)(Part two: English) Barbara Will, professeur d’anglais au Dartmouth College, a étudié à l’université de Yale (B.A.), au…

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• Five subscribers to receive a copy of “Paris at the End of the World” by John Baxter

  16 Apr 2014

  Five subscribers have been selected to receive a copy of Paris at the End of the World: The City of…

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• John Baxter’s “Paris at the End of the World” – Patriotism transforming fashion (excerpt)

  10 Apr 2014

  Paris at the End of the World: The City of Light During the Great War, 1914-1918 by John Baxter (Harper…

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• French Impressions: Barbara Will on Gertrude Stein’s excess in writing, thinking, and being (part two)

  09 Jan 2014

  (Part one) Barbara Will, professor of English at Dartmouth College, was educated at Yale University (B.A.), Bryn Mawr College (M.A.),…

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• French Impressions: Barbara Will on Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and intellectual life during wartime France (part one)

  07 Jan 2014

  (French) Barbara Will, professor of English at Dartmouth College, was educated at Yale University (B.A.), Bryn Mawr College (M.A.), and…

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