France: Background for Literature

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1950

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Shows scenes in Paris and the French provinces made famous in literature. Presents places, parks, castles, and buildings mentioned by Balzac, Poe, Stevenson, and Dumas. Pictures Paris from the viewpoints of Dumas, Hugo, and de Maupassant. Includes the Bastille of Dickens' Tale of Two Cities, the Forests of Fontainebleau of Stevenson's The Wrecker, and others. Emphasizes that writers of all nationalities find inspiration and settings in Paris and the provinces.

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