VICTOR HUGO | ÉMILE ZOLA | HONORÉ DE BALZAC | MARCEL PROUST
Walk through the Paris that inspired some of the greatest novels in French history — from Victor Hugo’s Romantic epics to Émile Zola’s Naturalist chronicles. These writers didn’t just live in Paris, they dissected it, celebrated it, and in some cases, reshaped it.
“He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.”