A must-have for every fan of literature and Paris.

The Book Lover's Guide to Paris is an extensive and informative travel companion, shedding new light on an ever-popular subject and spanning three centuries of the city's unique literary history, from Victor Hugo's Paris to the Lost Generation literati and present-day works such as Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Includes unique, full-color photographs to reveal the settings readers have imagined in their favorite books, as well as insights into to lives, literature, haunts and homes of some of the world's best writers. This guide will enable book lovers to explore the abundance of literary history Paris has to offer, as well as making the most of the city itself.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INTRODUCTION: PARIS, A LITERARY JUNGLE
• CHAPTER 1 VICTOR HUGO’S PARIS
• CHAPTER 2 GREAT FRENCH WRITERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
• CHAPTER 3 WRITERS OF LA BELLE ÉPOQUE
• CHAPTER 4 WILDE ABOUT PARIS
• CHAPTER 5 THE LOST GENERATION LITERATI
• CHAPTER 6 THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
• CHAPTER 7 POST-WAR PARIS
• CHAPTER 8 WRITERS OF TODAY
• CHAPTER 9 BOOKSHOPS AND BIBLIOTÈQUES
• CHAPTER 10 WHERE TO STAY