Victor Hugo’s House, Paris
Posted by Lisa Hill on September 7, 2012
On our way home now, and with just one full day day in Paris, we decided to dawdle around in the Marais, a district we have not explored before.
We marked an historic moment at the site of the Bastille, and then went to Victor Hugo’s house. Like Dostoyevsky Hugo had many addresses, but I was content to enjoy this one which (though the street address is authentic) is more of a reconstruction of a ‘typical house of that era’ than the way it really was in his day. The Chinese Room is very startling – not a restful room by any means, but there was interesting memorabilia including a photo commemorating the visit of Aung Sun Suu Chi. (By coincidence, I ‘watched’ the recent film of her life, ‘The Lady’, on the plane).
You can read my thoughts about Les Misérables on my ANZ LitLovers blog.
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Louise said
It was a wonderful museum. I made sure to visit in 2010, and did a post in 2011. I don’t remember the Chinese room looking quite that startling though.
http://astrongbeliefinwicker.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/musee-victor-hugo.html
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