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Belle Époque Paris: 1871–1914
Paris · 1871–1914 · exact time + place
Experience the artistic and cultural bloom of Paris in the late 19th century — impressionist painters, cancan halls, grand magasins, and literary giants capturing the city's charm. The button below opens StoryTerra with both Paris and 1871–1914 already set.
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Browse 37 books and 33 movies set in Paris.
The Aristocats
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees leaving them out on a country road. All…
Ballerina
Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
A Monster in Paris
Paris 1910. Emile a shy movie projectionist and Raoul a colourful inventor find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille the big-hearted star of the Bird of…
Cyrano, My Love
Paris France December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children desperate and penniless he persuades the great actor Constant…
The Night Circus
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking…
The Phantom of the Opera
A grotesquely disfigured composer known as "The Phantom" haunts Paris' opera house where he's secretly grooming Christine Daae to be an opera diva. Luring her to his remote underground lair The Phantom declares his…
Hibernatus
The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him:…
Eiffel
The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman…
The Dancer
A young woman from the American Midwest Loïe Fuller became the toast of the Folies Bergère at the turn of the 20th century and an icon of the Belle Epoque. Inventor of the breathtaking Serpentine Dance she was a pioneer…
Dilili in Paris
With the help of her delivery-boy friend Dilili a young Kanak investigates a spate of mysterious kidnappings of young girls that is plaguing Belle Epoque Paris. In the course of her investigation she encounters a series…
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