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Dawn of the Belle Epoque, the Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and their friends, Mary McAuliffe

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Dawn of the Belle Epoque, the Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and their friends, Mary McAuliffe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dawn of the Belle Epoque

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Mary McAuliffe

Sub title

the Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and their friends

Summary

"A humiliating military defeat by Bismarck's Germany, a brutal siege, and a bloody uprising--Paris in 1871 was a shambles, and the question loomed, 'Could this extraordinary city even survive?' Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to these perilous years following the abrupt collapse of the Second Empire and France's uncertain venture into the Third Republic. By 1900, Paris had recovered and the Belle Epoque was in full flower, but the decades between were difficult, marked by struggles between republicans and monarchists, the Republic and the Church, and an ongoing economic malaise, darkened by a rising tide of virulent anti-Semitism. Yet these same years also witnessed an extraordinary blossoming in art, literature, poetry, and music, with the Parisian cultural scene dramatically upended by revolutionaries such as Monet, Zola, Rodin, and Debussy, even while Gustave Eiffel was challenging architectural tradition with his iconic tower. Through the eyes of these pioneers and others, including Sarah Bernhardt, Georges Clemenceau, Marie Curie, and César Ritz, we witness their struggles with the forces of tradition during the final years of a century hurtling towards its close. Through rich illustrations and evocative narrative, McAuliffe brings this vibrant and seminal era to life."--book jacket

Table Of Contents

The terrible year (1870-1871) -- Ashes (1871) -- Recovery (1871) -- Scaling the heights (1871-1872) -- The moral order (1873-1874) -- "This will kill that." (1875) -- Pressure builds (1876-1877) -- A splendid diversion (1878) -- Victory (1879-1880) -- Saints and sinners (1880) -- Shadows (1881-1882) -- A golden tortoise (1882) -- Digging deep (1883) -- Hard times (1884) -- That genius, that monster (1885) -- Onward and upward (1886) -- Fat and thin (1887-1888) -- Centennial (1889) -- Sacred and profane (1890-1891) -- Family affairs (1892) -- "The bell has tolled ..." (1893) -- Between storms (1894) -- Dreyfus (1895) -- Passages (1896) -- A shot in the dark (1897) -- "J'accuse!" (1898) -- "Despite all these anxieties ..." (1898) -- Rennes (1898-1899) -- A new century (1900)

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