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Famous French writers' bedrooms: Proust, Balzac and Hugo

3 famous French writers' bedrooms: can they inspire my bedroom arrangements and maybe even improve my writing!
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The Académie française battles an English invasion: To the barricades!

Should the English be removed from the new French identity card OR is the Academy…


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Sarah Bernhardt—La Divine

A fascinating woman all around, she lived her life with passion, independence, freedom, and originality.
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Holy Smoke: Notre Dame in flames

The Notre Dame fire: disaster, miracle, social injustice?

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Oscar Wilde: hidden Francophilia revealed – the Parisian dream

Take a read and learn how Paris and French culture had a profound impact on…
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Want to know the secret dream of the French? Becoming a writer

Did you know that a third of French people harbor a desire to become a…
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"Les chansons, c'est comme les prières. Ça ne sert qu'à endormir le peuple - Extrait de Le marquis de la dècheThe songs are like prayers. It serves only to lull the people.  "

Roland Dorgelès. Translation

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Il a une descente que je n'aimerais pas remonter en vélo He's got a slope that I wouldn't like to climb up on a bike - (it's used to talk about someone who can drink large amounts of alcohol very quickly)
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