Passage Jouffroy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt92UNFLNKRNS0sbyVSUzfDydslWLL1U1wIJcrMEFJNN89X8lfEttbsHJuu9HnVHi7bVyADdLzBRmhyphenhyphenpAcCODeCO2ye_yLFXdOeXm8RYTtjE2xzkjK5sts5QaeB2clWKD7WwC1wtbFO4/s1600/2011+April+18+DSC_0351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt92UNFLNKRNS0sbyVSUzfDydslWLL1U1wIJcrMEFJNN89X8lfEttbsHJuu9HnVHi7bVyADdLzBRmhyphenhyphenpAcCODeCO2ye_yLFXdOeXm8RYTtjE2xzkjK5sts5QaeB2clWKD7WwC1wtbFO4/s640/2011+April+18+DSC_0351.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Passage Jouffroy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How much would you love to have</div><div style="text-align: center;">a light fixture <i>comme ça</i>?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was not for sale and</div><div style="text-align: center;">would not have fit in my carry-on.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tant pis pour moi!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Passage Jouffroy</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Boulevard Montmartre</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Passage Jouffroy

Passage Jouffroy How much would you love to have a light fixture comme ça ? It was not for sale and would not have fit in my carry-on. Tant ...

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Livres anciens - Librairie Paul Vulin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5hFehY3UlVagSSY4uAuWBqAWFn_cH-9t82-2_91Rufk8uviHX7-09RQLd2e_NQjtI6-r8OkBZoBuDSAdOnABMRT0UGz5UVpg7Fqi4Ci_OYC7Jrgw9qx_-MvprNYmPq4CqrvFQCfqvrg/s1600/2011+0418+DSC_0371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5hFehY3UlVagSSY4uAuWBqAWFn_cH-9t82-2_91Rufk8uviHX7-09RQLd2e_NQjtI6-r8OkBZoBuDSAdOnABMRT0UGz5UVpg7Fqi4Ci_OYC7Jrgw9qx_-MvprNYmPq4CqrvFQCfqvrg/s640/2011+0418+DSC_0371.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Old books..</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Beautiful, if slightly worn, old books can be bought in many places </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">throughout Paris from the flea markets to the Passages de Paris.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If they were not so heavy, I would have a larger collection.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This photo reminds me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">that I need to bring back at least one with every trip.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I no longer travel with a guide book, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so there should be room for a single antique book in my carry-on.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">livres de collection</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Librairie Paul Vulin</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passage Jouffroy</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Livres anciens - Librairie Paul Vulin

Old books.. Beautiful, if slightly worn, old books can be bought in many places  throughout Paris from the flea markets to the Passages de P...

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Passage Jouffroy VIII

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9627741838/" title="2011 0418 DSC_0331 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 0418 DSC_0331" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3712/9627741838_84440c0b32_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Passage Jouffroy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just adjacent to the Café Grevin (yesterday's post),</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is one of the entrances to Passage Jouffroy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Almost two centuries old, the iron and glass ceilings remain.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are a few shops that have not changed over the years, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but you will note the candy shop sign which I have seen all over Europe.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The lamps that line both sides of the passage are my favorite detail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bon weekend</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passage Jouffroy</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">10-12, boulevard Montmartre </span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9, rue de la Grange Batelière <br />75009 Paris </span></i></span>

Passage Jouffroy VIII

Passage Jouffroy Just adjacent to the Café Grevin (yesterday's post), is one of the entrances to Passage Jouffroy. Almost two centuries ...

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Le Valentin - salon de thé

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NNZO1LjhgXc5Ub5vJDN-YFsbhpty9wne5-BqZdAN_dzT8kbsAJlMcJGEjmZMF8a5cn8k8SercwSinirAgEq-UBwjOqBXHAeTBgfDeQBY0jcGZrgrbNsneSKuxmauW_CQ_1s7V_aEay4/s1600/DSC_0045+(2)+-+for+blog+post+0f+2013+0617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NNZO1LjhgXc5Ub5vJDN-YFsbhpty9wne5-BqZdAN_dzT8kbsAJlMcJGEjmZMF8a5cn8k8SercwSinirAgEq-UBwjOqBXHAeTBgfDeQBY0jcGZrgrbNsneSKuxmauW_CQ_1s7V_aEay4/s640/DSC_0045+(2)+-+for+blog+post+0f+2013+0617.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Valentin - salon<span class="st"> de thé</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The heat of the teapots was surpassed by the warmth of friendship.  </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How wonderful to meet two friends face to face.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Valentin</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">30, Passage Jouffroy</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i><br /><span class="st"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span> </span></div>

Le Valentin - salon de thé

Le Valentin - salon de thé The heat of the teapots was surpassed by the warmth of friendship.   How wonderful to meet two friends face to f...

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Les poupées

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvoPWBkU1iogclaGRWDmag2QmNJDIZ4fToU1oB22046LpoBgZoXe1SCORy-aPUa0VsowmnAJc2ma9JT0uaXXI-MhplRR3c6wTpjx_cBII1EV0HruI6cv2cdp0IhLZL1R63fIejYBSokc/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvoPWBkU1iogclaGRWDmag2QmNJDIZ4fToU1oB22046LpoBgZoXe1SCORy-aPUa0VsowmnAJc2ma9JT0uaXXI-MhplRR3c6wTpjx_cBII1EV0HruI6cv2cdp0IhLZL1R63fIejYBSokc/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0064.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hoping that all the little French girls get the dolls of their dreams for Christmas.  These are sweet, but ma chère amie <a href="http://www.winterludes.blogspot.com/2011/11/stand-by-me.html"><strong>Winterlude</strong></a><strong>s</strong> has the most charming and detailed dolls and she even weaves stories around them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We met on our mutual birthday in November at a salon de thé in Passage Jouffroy and each exchanged a handmade <em>cadeau</em>.  I cherish my little Winterlude doll with her exquisite hair and little dress, a delightful gift from a dear blog friend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>l'ourson en bois</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>83, rue Charenton</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les poupées

Hoping that all the little French girls get the dolls of their dreams for Christmas.  These are sweet, but ma chère amie Winterlude s has t...

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Musée Grevin - a ghost?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSY8KufEgkkazZxVRmYk1l-_P4WyjQFKvJ6hWtHF9SazijuRJ54zouGWAKdUCnUGRFQPAmIg1IYr8N5d7emhyphenhyphenvGrUfAQWSb4zK_Df50X77EYLEa0ffdbqUWh4ih5Tyk56rsvN1R0qZDs/s1600/DSC_0336+-+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSY8KufEgkkazZxVRmYk1l-_P4WyjQFKvJ6hWtHF9SazijuRJ54zouGWAKdUCnUGRFQPAmIg1IYr8N5d7emhyphenhyphenvGrUfAQWSb4zK_Df50X77EYLEa0ffdbqUWh4ih5Tyk56rsvN1R0qZDs/s640/DSC_0336+-+blog.jpg" width="424px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At Musée Grevin, this figure peeking from behind the velvet curtains</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">seemed just spooky enough for our Halloween</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am not sure who inspired this wax figure.  It is a wax figure, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Musée Grevin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Passage Jouffroy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Boulevard Montmartre</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div>

Musée Grevin - a ghost?

At Musée Grevin, this figure peeking from behind the velvet curtains seemed just spooky enough for our Halloween I am not sure who inspired ...

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Passage Jouffroy - II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJQk8fskaUL_E9c1ip_OstHrb-sKUr66nEeemVVihbHnIE8bzX65_yxl5VDbWmFgc1h2MqsZ7UoIz0_syvEJUmZXJD8UfZtrsVNdIWNwB51adbOlAwh1JoiiefNFNeGZbV-9ajmK_yow/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJQk8fskaUL_E9c1ip_OstHrb-sKUr66nEeemVVihbHnIE8bzX65_yxl5VDbWmFgc1h2MqsZ7UoIz0_syvEJUmZXJD8UfZtrsVNdIWNwB51adbOlAwh1JoiiefNFNeGZbV-9ajmK_yow/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0376.jpg" width="424" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the filtered light of Passage Jouffroy, one can sit for a moment in a chair, have a sip of café, and then buy it all when one is ready to depart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Passage Jouffroy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10-12, boulevard Montmartre </div>9, rue de la Grange Batelière <br />75009 Paris <br /><br /><div></div><div></div>

Passage Jouffroy - II

In the filtered light of Passage Jouffroy, one can sit for a moment in a chair, have a sip of café, and then buy it all when one is ready to...

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Musée Grevin

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTqO_FaYZNdTBqpBdIx181gf4OZu_7Vc-tmXFBiUuA3GLNC1XAtBxx4VNEHF6sfzmHaIjNQHnCo6kCgXKpTtNVxMR6DmwXmmXC3cTgvzyesSGr2HO2c9yiRG2yCUserRAvSlcOYYzhxs/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0334.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644621966875349010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTqO_FaYZNdTBqpBdIx181gf4OZu_7Vc-tmXFBiUuA3GLNC1XAtBxx4VNEHF6sfzmHaIjNQHnCo6kCgXKpTtNVxMR6DmwXmmXC3cTgvzyesSGr2HO2c9yiRG2yCUserRAvSlcOYYzhxs/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0334.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Did you know that there was a wax museum in the center of Paris? Musée Grevin was founded in 1882 and now contains some 300 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life. Its baroque architecture includes a mirrored mirage room based on the principle of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catoptric_cistula"><em>catoptric cistula</em> </a>and a theater for magic shows.<br /><br /><br /><br />It has an ornate main entrance on Boulevard Montmartre and another entrance in Passage Jouffroy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hummmm.... you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Musée Grevin<br /><br />10, boulevard Montmartre<br /><br />75009, Paris<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Musée Grevin

Did you know that there was a wax museum in the center of Paris? Musée Grevin was founded in 1882 and now contains some 300 characters arran...

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Passage Jouffroy - un mystère?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuyQq1LPSXhxTLWgJeTZn886FUX3F_CCCxI7vg3LlDyVS5dIOpihni_DklSR3e01L3dUJKlk45hAYVKSj6IKZrH1TExC85njBSqtRATNDQQLNYeQ2U5oC5SSVM0OOhtb4lwVITqn-Boc/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0338-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641266789520916690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuyQq1LPSXhxTLWgJeTZn886FUX3F_CCCxI7vg3LlDyVS5dIOpihni_DklSR3e01L3dUJKlk45hAYVKSj6IKZrH1TExC85njBSqtRATNDQQLNYeQ2U5oC5SSVM0OOhtb4lwVITqn-Boc/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0338-1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As one looks up* in Passage Jouffroy, the iron and glass ceiling catches the eye along with the lamps, ever-present for almost two centuries. For what purpose is that door and where might it lead? Is there anyone looking out over the many pedestrians of the passage each day?</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If it seems that I am suggesting it is haunted or slightly askew, I have been reading Deborah Lawrenson's wonderful book, <strong>The Lantern,</strong> just published by HarperCollins in the USA. A novelist and journalist, she and her husband live in a crumbling house in the Luberon which is the inspiration for her captivating, haunting book. You can check out her blog </span><a href="http://deborah-lawrenson.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">*always remember to look up</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Passage Jouffroy<br /><br />10-12, boulevard Montmartre<br /><br />9, rue de la Grange Batelière<br /><br />75009 Paris<br /><br />

Passage Jouffroy - un mystère?

As one looks up* in Passage Jouffroy, the iron and glass ceiling catches the eye along with the lamps, ever-present for almost two centuries...

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Bécassine - the story

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoh1vIZVGNBfm6F1kqbVmpVln_FUbnIxMzQlRv3vEfkmfJW-B7mS7_GDuxSe2xnN8e9UEKxaq8e5-pJzy984RqzZmIz4-cJH41HXuv7WZO58k4j-wj7MmBwP_Oj6T1qzkPUgvSrcS8_M/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0345b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639799371933280258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoh1vIZVGNBfm6F1kqbVmpVln_FUbnIxMzQlRv3vEfkmfJW-B7mS7_GDuxSe2xnN8e9UEKxaq8e5-pJzy984RqzZmIz4-cJH41HXuv7WZO58k4j-wj7MmBwP_Oj6T1qzkPUgvSrcS8_M/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0345b.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9cassine"><strong>Bécassin</strong></a> is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière and Joseph Pinchon in 1905. She is considered the birth of the modern <em>bande dessinée</em> inspiring Hergé (The Adventures of Tintin) in the 1920s.<br /><br /><br /><br />These books were seen in the window of a bookseller in Passage Jouffroy, a covered arcade in the 9ième arrondissement.<br /><br /><br /><br />I first encountered this heroine through collecting antique fêves, which is another story...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Librarie Paul Vulin<br /><br />Passage Jouffroy<br /><br />Métro Grands Boulevards<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Bécassine - the story

Bécassin is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière...

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