Sur les traces d'Edith Wharton qui séjourna sur la Côte d'Azur, toute une époque revit au gré des clichés en noir et blanc, et des évocations des gens de lettres et des artistes qui se succèdent au début du XXe siècle : Oscar Wilde, Les Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Dos Passos, Dorothy Parker. ©Electre 2025
Nice, Cannes, Monte Carlo... scattered like jewels along the Côte d'Azur, these towns have come to symbolize sun-drenched luxury and decadence. When Edith Wharton settled into a magnificent old convent on the French Riviera at the end of the First World War, the Côte d'Azur was changing from a genteel winter resort dominated by European aristocrats, into a far racier place populated by a glamorous American jet set. Wharton's life, like many of those she describes in her famous novels, was emblematic of the conflict between the old world and newer, modern values. Coco Chanel, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Ali Khan, Somerset Maugham, Jean Cocteau, Cole Porter, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matisse, Czar Nicolas II, Grace Kelly... stars from all over the world came to rub shoulders in palatial hotels, glamorous casinos, or in their extravagant homes. Richly illustrated with both contemporary and vintage photographs, Edith Wharton's French Riviera is an evocative portrait of this vanished world - the golden age of the French Riviera.
Paru le : 12/07/2002
Thématique : Beaux livres France
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Philippe Collas Auteur : Eric Villedary
Éditeur(s) :
Flammarion
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : Non précisé.
EAN13 : 9782080107220
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 160
Hauteur: 29.0 cm / Largeur 22.0 cm
Épaisseur: 1.8 cm
Poids: 1115 g
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