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[tenlittlebullets]

Montreuil-sur-Mer tomorrow! Any photo/research requests?

This afternoon was kind of disgustingly gorgeous--cool in the shade, warm in the sun, windy and intermittently cloudy, and the trees are starting to go into flower. And I managed to be inside whenever it started raining. I love spring weather. Walked along the Seine from the eastern end of Paris (a bit past Bercy) to Saint-Michel, where I predictably went to Gibert Jeune and spent too much money on books.

Haul:
- La Comtesse de Rudolstadt (George Sand) - already read it, but I bought Consuelo in the exact same bookstore from the exact same used books rack two years ago, and I didn't have a copy of Comtesse de Rudolstadt, so I couldn't resist
- Corinne (Mme de Staël)
- Armance (Stendhal)
- Méditations poétiques (Lamartine)

So, I guess apart from the Sand it was an early-Romanticism kick, except I honestly didn't set out to do that. It was just what they had for cheap.

And now I get to choose what to take on the train to Montreuil-sur-Mer. Oh boy. Armance is probably too short for a train ride... Corinne? Père Goriot? Faust? Vidocq's memoirs?

(It occurs to me that if I ever have a kid, I'm going to have to teach her French so that she can raid my library. And feel properly pleased with herself when she stumbles upon the naughty books.)

Comments

[mmebahorel.livejournal.com]

"stumbles upon"? I thought you were only buying the naughty books :)

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Unless you consider George Sand 'naughty books,' nope, the naughty is a small part of the collection.

(I really need to scan the illustrations to Gamiani ou deux nuits d'excès sometime--there is nothing more horrifying than 1830s porn. It's like the fashion plates, only with fewer clothes!)

[citoyenne.livejournal.com]

there is nothing more horrifying than 1830s porn. It's like the fashion plates, only with fewer clothes!

Oh, dear god, no! I second this.

Also, to me Faust seems ideal for a train ride.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Oh wait, no need to scan, I found some of them online!

...uh.

(SO NSFW)

[mmebahorel.livejournal.com]

Is he wearing rouge? And he seems so surprised by lady parts in his face.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I have an edition of the book with maybe a dozen of these illustrations, and most of them are WORSE than that. And some of them are scarring and would probably get me banned from LJ if I posted them.

[toi-marguerite.livejournal.com]

Oh, we need to talk, as the hotel just cheerfully sent me an e-mail, the day before our first night there, that they cannot accommodate us.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

....WHAT

[toi-marguerite.livejournal.com]

The e-mail:

Thank you for booking with Hôtel de France. We are sorry but we are unable
to accomodate you for these dates.
Arrival Date: 26 March 2010
Departure Date: 28 March 2010
Card Number: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
Card Expiry: 01 February 2012
(this is for security only - your card has not been debited)

[coloneldespard.livejournal.com]

Books are such bliss! I need to order some for the plane trip (although I'm also going to haul along some of my French text books for final revision). Hope you get the hotel situation sorted! I'm just interested in general pics of the area and surrounding landscape...I assume there's a Hotel de Ville?

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I think so, yep! There are pics on my website, but hopefully this time I'll be able to get more specific LM locations. And get out in the countryside a bit, now that we've got a three-day weekend there.

[reconditarmonia.livejournal.com]

JE SUIS EN FAVEUR DE STENDHAL

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

OKAY OKAY I WILL TRY TO READ AS MUCH OF ARMANCE AS I CAN ON THE TRAIN