Books written during Belle Époque, setting in this period or about it.
The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque (French pronunciation: [bɛlepɔk]; French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in European social history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. It was a period characterised by new technological and medical discoveries and optimisms, occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire. The "Belle Époque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" in comparison with the trauma of WWI and the previous economic depression.
In the newly rich United States, emerging from the Panic of 1873, the comparable epoch was dubbed the Gilded Age. In the United Kingdom, this epoch overlaps the end of what is called the Victorian Era there and the period named the Edwardian Era.
The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque (French pronunciation: [bɛlepɔk]; French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in European social history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. It was a period characterised by new technological and medical discoveries and optimisms, occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire. The "Belle Époque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" in comparison with the trauma of WWI and the previous economic depression.
In the newly rich United States, emerging from the Panic of 1873, the comparable epoch was dubbed the Gilded Age. In the United Kingdom, this epoch overlaps the end of what is called the Victorian Era there and the period named the Edwardian Era.
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Non fiction is ok.
I think it may be hard to be sure of which books belong in this list. We can use the criteria of years 1870 (Franco-Prussian war) to 1914 (WW1) for continental Europe, the end of Victorian age and the Edwardian age for UK and the Gilded Age for US.
This criteria would be just a guide, not a rule.
I think it may be hard to be sure of which books belong in this list. We can use the criteria of years 1870 (Franco-Prussian war) to 1914 (WW1) for continental Europe, the end of Victorian age and the Edwardian age for UK and the Gilded Age for US.
This criteria would be just a guide, not a rule.
I'll delete "Dante Club" then, just to be on the safe side (though it does describe the Boston that's also to be found in Henry James's novels from 1 or 2 decades later).
Manray9 wrote: "Poe is not Belle Epoque."He is mentioned quite a bit in Twilight of the Belle Epoque - especially in connection with Debussy and the symbolism of Isadora Duncan.
☯Bettie☯ wrote: "Manray9 wrote: "Poe is not Belle Epoque."He is mentioned quite a bit in Twilight of the Belle Epoque - especially in connection with Debussy and the symbolism of Isadora Duncan."
Yes -- he's clearly one of the people who set the style!
Poe does not belong. This is the problem with lists - everyone wants to make their own definition. If Poe had an influence on later writers, then let him show up in their work, not his own.
I congratulate you for this article on the beautiful Parisian era that I really likedArt Nouveau is a beautiful period and you have a great collection
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ETA: Isn't the Dante Club set at the end of the American Civil War?