Tag: France

• The Left Bank

  Bonjour mes amis! It’s Paris in July again,  thanks to Tamara at Thyme for Tea, who has been running her annual glorification of all things French for seven years, and I’m always amazed at how many different books, films, foods and songs people come up with. I love to see their contributions and, since there is…

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  July 24, 2016

  20thC, Novels, Uncategorized

  France, Jean Rhys, Paris in July

• Short Story Sunday: French Connections…

  OK folks, I’m getting back on track here. Having a laptop that works properly makes all the difference. This is Brand New (but does not, thank goodness, involve touch screen – the charming young man in the shop agreed that would be a step too far, given my limited technical abilities). But I can save…

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  August 25, 2013

  France, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Irène Némirovsky, Phyllis Bentley, Short Stories

• An Un-Childlike Child!

  Penguin number 1211, published inin 1957 – don’t you wish paperbacks were still two shillings and sixpence? It’s wartime London (Second World War that is) and Grace, who who is engaged to Hughie, falls in love with a charming Frenchman. A month later they are married and after a two-week honeymoon he returns to his…

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  November 5, 2012

  1950s novel, France, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Nancy Mitford, The Blessing