———. Thérèse Raquin. Translated by Leonard Tancock. London: Penguin Classics, 1962.
Zola, Émile François, and [Robert] Massin. Zola: Photographer. Translated by Liliane Emery Tuck. London: Collins, 1988.
WEBSITES
Association des Bouquinistes des Quais de Paris. Les Bouquinistes des Quais de Paris. www.lesbouquinistesdesquaisdeparis.fr.
City of Paris. Bouquinistes, les gardiens de l’âme de Paris. www.paris.fr/actualites/bouquinistes-les-gardiens-de-l-ame-de-paris-5751.
Géoportail. Carte-plan des rivières de France. https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/plan/81225/rivieres.
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, SHORT STORIES, AND DISSERTATIONS
Chanson, H. “The Tidal Bore of the Seine River, France: Le Mascaret de la Seine.” PhD diss., School of Civil Engineering, Queensland, Australia, 2000. http://staff.civil.uq.edu.au/h.chanson/mascaret.html.
Corot, Henry. “Fouilles du temple de la dea Sequana.” Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 77, no. 2 (April–June 1933): 289–92.
Deyts, Simone-Antoinette. “The Sacred Source of the Seine.” Scientific American 225, no. 1 (July 1971): 65–73.
“Emile Zola’s Pictures of His Two Lives.” Life 34, no. 19 (May 11, 1953): 155–62.
“Été 36—la parenthèse enchantée.” Special issue, Historia, June–August 2016.
“Faits Divers—Arsens Blondin.” L’Impartial, no. 520 (September 6, 1882): 3.
McGovern, Joe. “La La Land: Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling in dreamy exclusive photo.” Entertainment Weekly. October 28, 2016. https://ew.com/article/2016/10/28/la-la-land-ryan-gosling-emma-stone/.
Musée Carnavalet. De la place Louis XV à la place de la Concorde, catalogue d’exposition. Paris: Musée Carnavalet, 1982.
“1936.” Special issue, Le Monde, May–July 2016.
Ollier, Brigitte. “Willy Ronis à perte de vues.” Libération. September 14, 2009. https://next.liberation.fr/culture/2009/09/14/willy-ronis-a-perte-de-vues_581420.
“Paris Antique.” Special issue, Histoire Antique 10, July–September 2016.
Pénet, Martin. “La Chanson de la Seine.” Sociétés & représentations 17, no. 1 (2004): 51. doi:10.3917/sr.017.0051.
Pradel, Benjamin, and Gwendal Simon. “Les corporéités de Paris Plages: De la surveillance institutionnelle à l’autodiscipline collective.” Mondes du tourisme, 9 (2014): 58–67.
Ranum, Orest. “The French Ritual of Tyrannicide in the Late Sixteenth Century.” Sixteenth Century Journal 11, no. 1 (1980): 63–82. doi:10.2307/2539476.
Schneider, Pierre. “The Well-Loved River.” Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts 4, no. 6 (July 1962): 53–79.
Syndicat des Bouquinistes Professionnels des Quais de Paris. “Histoire des bouquinistes.” Le Parapet, no. 53, June 2007. http://www.paris1900.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bouquinistes-paris-parapet-n53.pdf.
Thompson, Vance. “The Waterways of Paris.” Outing 44, no. 3, (June 1904). http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_44/outXLIV03/outXLIV03a.pdf.
FILMS AND FILM SCRIPTS
A bord du Go-Ahead, mémoires de mariniers. Directed by Aurore Chauvry. Festival Terre d’Eaux, 2014.
Les amants du Pont-Neuf. Directed by Leos Carax. Films A2, Gaumont International, Les Films Christian Fechner, 1991.
An American in Paris. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951.
L’ Atalante. Directed by Jean Vigo. Gaumont Film Company, 1934.
Boudu Saved from Drowning. Directed by Jean Renoir. Les Établissements Jacques Haïk and Les Productions Michel Simon, 1932.
The Bourne Identity. Directed by Doug Liman. Universal Pictures, 2002.
Camille Claudel. Directed by Bruno Nuytten. Gaumont Film Company, 1988.
C’était un rendez-vous. Directed by Claude Lelouch. Spirit Level Film, 1976.
Charade. Directed by Stanley Donen. Universal Pictures and Stanley Donen Films, 1963.
Death in the Seine. Directed by Peter Greenaway. Erato Films, Allarts TV Productions, Mikros Image, La Sept, NOS Televsion, 1989.
Diplomacy. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. Gaumont Film Company, 2014.
Everyone Says I Love You. Directed by Woody Allen. Miramax Films Buena Vista Pictures, Magnolia Productions, Sweetland Films, 1996.
Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Claudie Ossard Productions and Union Générale Cinématographique, 2001.
Harmonies de Paris. Directed by Lucie Derain. Films Albatros, 1929.
Hugo. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Paramount Pictures, GK Films, Infinitum Nihil, 2011.
Inception. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Warner Brothers, 2010.
The Intouchables. Directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. Quad Productions, 2011.
Irma la Douce. Directed by Billy Wilder. Phalanx Productions and The Mirisch Corporation, 1963.
Is Paris Burning? Directed by René Clément. Marianne Produtions and Transcontinental Films, 1966.
Jules and Jim. Directed by François Truffaut. Les Films du Carosse and Sédif Productions, 1962.
La La Land. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Summit Entertainment, Black Label Media and TIK Films, 2016.
Last Tango in Paris. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Les Productions Artistes Associés and Produzioni Europee Associate, 1972.
Love in the Afternoon. Directed by Billy Wilder. Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1957.
Midnight in Paris. Directed by Woody Allen. Mediapro, Versátil Cinema, Gravier Productions, Pontchartrain Productions, Televisió de Catalunya, 2011.
Mission: Impossible—Fallout. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media, 2018.
Un monstre à Paris. Directed by Bibo Bergeron. EuropaCorp, Bibo Films, France 3 Cinéma, Walking The Dog, uFilm, uFund, Canal+, France Télévisions, CinéCinéma and Umedia, 2011.
Paris Blues. Directed by Martin Ritt. Pennebaker Productions, Diane Productions, Jason Films, Monica Corp., and Monmouth, 1961.
The Pink Panther. Directed by Robert Simonds. Columbia Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Robert Simonds Productions, International Production Company, and the Motecito Picture Company, 2006.
Le quai des brumes. Directed by Marcel Carné. Ciné-Alliance, 1938.
Ratatouille. Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava. Don Bluth Productions, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures, 2007.
Les rendez-vous de Paris. Directed by Éric Rohmer. La Compagnie Éric Rohmer, 1995.
Rive droite, rive gauche. Directed by Philippe Labro. Films A2 and T. Films. 1984.
Sabrina. Directed by Billy Wilder. Paramount Pictures. 1954.
La Seine a rencontré Paris. Directed by Joris Ivens. Garance, 1957.
Something’s Gotta Give. Directed by Nancy Meyers. Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros. and Waverly Films, 2003.
Stone, Peter. Charade. Draft Script, October 1, 1962.
To Catch a Thief. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Paramount Pictures, 1955.
Victor Victoria. Directed by Blake Edwards. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Buckhantz-NMC Company, Peerford Ltd., Artista Management, Blake Edwards Entertainment, and Ladbroke, 1982.
La vie d’un fleuve. Directed by Jean Lods. Filmtac, 1932.
A View to a Kill. Directed by John Glen. Eon Productions, 1985.
What’s New Pussycat? Directed by Clive Donner. Famous Artists Productions and Famartists Productions S.A., 1965.
VIDEO AND AUDIO
En remontant la Seine. Des Racines et des Ailes. France 3, December 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVUDmEaPaS0.
Il était une fois la Seine. Des Racines et des Ailes. France 3, November 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKjSSGpW5iQ.
Loisirs en Seine. Two parts. Des Racines et des Ailes. France 3, September 2011. Part 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHrTtbAC31w. Part 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmfvAlq5l5g.
The Paris Bouquinistes. Presented by Kirsty Lang. BBC Radio 4, June 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00srktl.
Source Seine: La Sequanigerminoise. Directed by Antoine Hoareau. La Cigogne, 2013. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx61xu_source-seine-la-sequanigerminoise-version-courte_travel.
Vikings. Created by Michael Hirst. History Channel, 2013–18.
Les visages de la Seine. Des Racines et des Ailes. France 3, September 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn565fjV6JY.
Index
Page numbers listed correspond to the print edition of this book. You can use your device’s search function to locate particular terms in the text.
Note: Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.
Aare River, 25
Abbey of Jumièges:
history of, 281–82
Moulin de Pierre constructed by monks at, 280, 284
Abbey of Saint-Wandrille, 271–72, 283, 304
Abdou, Michel, 256
ablettes (common bleak), 117
Aboard the Go-Ahead: Memories of Seamen (documentary film), 164–65
Académie des Beaux-Arts, 93
Académie Française, 14, 93
Adami, Giuseppe, 184
Adjani, Isabelle, 176
Age of Reason, The (Sartre), 232
Airbnb, houseboat rentals and, 150
Algeria, war of independence, 226
Allard, William Albert, 189
Allen, Woody, 170, 171
Álvarez Calvo, Antonio Federico. see Blondin, Arsens
Amazon River, 10, 278
Amélie (film), 254
American in Paris, An (film), 167, 168
American School of Paris, 320
Ancien Régime, Pont Neuf and, 84
Anderson, Sherwood, 138
Anne of Austria, queen of France, 333
Anthony of Padua, 217
AOC. see Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée
(AOC)
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 93, 182, 187, 209, 224
Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC), vineyards
designated with status of, 52
aqueducts, 62, 296
Arafat, Yasser, 334
Aragon, Louis, 182
archaeological discoveries:
in Bercy, 71–72, 73–75
fishhooks along the Seine, 115–16
Gallo-Roman temple at source of the Seine, 35–36, 44
in Lillebonne, 296–97
at Nanterre, 79
Pillar of the Nautes, Cluny Museum, 76
near Vix, on Mont Lassois, 60–61
statue of Sequana, 40, 43–44
architecture:
in Le Havre, 292, 302–3
lighting and design of new bridges, 125, 127
Pont Neuf, 83–85
Seine and display of, 15
Arènes de Lutèce, Paris, 296
Argenteuil, 254, 320
arrondissements in Paris, Seine’s east-to-west arc through, 14
Art Institute of Chicago, 241
art projects, reinvention initiatives and, 308–11
Asnières, 254
Associated Press, 142
Association of the Friends of La Maison Fournaise, 254
Astier, Ingrid, 211
Atget, Eugène, 192
Atkinson, Rick, 281
Attila the Hun, 90
Auban, Paul, 32
Aube region, history of Champagne in, 52–53
Aube River:
confluence with the Seine, 25
Sequana myth and, 48
August ’44 Museum, 285, 288
Aviron, Romain, 117, 118
Bacchus, 46, 48
Baker, Josephine, 183
Balzac, Honoré de, 100, 202, 231, 304, 319
bargemen (bateliers):
L’ Atalante and the world of, 160–61
cliques among and slang names for, 159
Clos de Rome choir performance for, 155–56
documenting life of, 164–65
floating Catholic church for, 161
lives of, 154, 156–59
new generation of, 163–64
old-fashioned, now obsolete, 162
songs of, 155–56
barges, 7, 11, 22, 67, 92, 113–114, 133, 146, 164, 260, 337
grain in cargo barge, Gennevilliers, 152
history behind use of, 153–54
nostalgist and futurist camps and life on, 162
refitted, as houseboats, 142
weight of, and transit through locks, 24
bargewomen:
depicted in L’ Atalante, 160–61
lives of, 156–59, 162
songs of, 155–56
Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste, 318
Basse-Champagne designation, Aube Champagne makers and, 53
Bassin de l’Arsenal, 73
Bastille, 72, 90, 110, 309
Bastille Day, 30, 226
bateaux-mouches, 132, 195, 320
filled with tourists on the Seine, 197
filming the Seine from, 136, 170
flood of 2016 and, 146
river tours on, 6, 17, 138, 173, 313, 330
secrets revealed by spotlights of, 137
bateliers. see bargemen
Bathers at Asnières (Seurat), 101
Battle of Lutetia, 78
Baudelaire, Charles, 240
Baye, Nathalie, 13
Bay of the Seine, 48
Bazille, Frédéric, 249, 250, 252, 253
Beaudouin, Francois, 10
Beaufoy, Joanna, 180, 181
Bechet, Sidney, 171
Beer, Oliver, 124
Beijing Summer Olympics (2008), Guo-Qiang’s choreographed fireworks at, 131
Bel Ami (floating house), 148
Belcinac, island of, 237–38
Belgrand, Eugène, 102
Benedictine monks, 282, 283
Bercy:
artifacts unearthed at, 74
park, 129
prehistoric boats discovered at, 72, 73–74
renewal project, 71
Bergé, Pierre, floating house tale, 148–49
Berjot, Sandrine, 214, 218, 219
Bernard, saint, 52
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri, 41, 46–48, 49
Bernier, François, 85
Berthillon, ice cream treats at, 240
Biard, Miguel, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 163, 164, 165
Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, 179, 186
bicycling paths, 59, 99, 230, 265, 298, 311
biodynamic farming, Fleury Champagne and, 57
Birds, The (film), 284
Bizet, Georges, 10, 114, 252–53, 321
blogs, for retired bargemen, 162
Blondin, Arsens, 223, 224
Blondin, Charles, 224
boating, on the Seine, 109–10. see also barges;
bateaux-mouches; container ships; fishing, on the
Seine; houseboats; luxury cruise liners; pirogues;
rowing; tugboats
Bogart, Humphrey, 13
Bois de Boulogne, 135
Bollinger, 51
Bolloré Logistics, 164
Bonaparte, Napoléon. see Napoléon Bonaparte
Bonheur, Rosa, 66
Bonneau, Sébastien, 216, 217
Bonneuil-sur-Marne, 164
Boquet, Yves, 25
Bouchon de Champagne, Troyes, 62
Boudin, Eugène, 249, 300
Museum, 298
Bougival, 114, 117, 242, 252, 254
Boulevard Périphérique, 67, 320
Boulogne-Billancourt, 237
bouquinistes (booksellers):
boxes allowed for, 205
decline of, 206
derivation of word for, 203
Lagerfeld pays homage to, 206–7
as literary gatekeepers of Paris, 201
number of, 206
regulation of, 204, 205–6
religious censorship and, 203–4
romance facilitated by, 204–5
on the Sei
ne, 198, 199–209
Bouquiniste sur le Quai des Grands-Augustins (Boutet de Monvel), 205
Bourne Identity, The (film), 175
Boutet de Monvel, Bernard, 205
Bouvard, Frédérique, 42
Boyer, Charles, 290
Braque, Georges, 300
Brassens, Georges, 180
Breker, Arno, 289
Breton, André, 134
bridges across the Seine:
graduating classes of River Brigade named after, 214
illuminated at night, Paris, 82
islands of the Seine and, 236
Jousse’s light creations and, 124–27
lighting at night and romance of, 122–23
lovers’ locks on, 12, 88, 88–89, 217
mosaic of Parisian history and, 89
named for French military victories, 92
number of, within city limits of Paris, 84, 91
photographs of, 192, 194–96
smallest, at source of the Seine, 33
songs and, 181, 182
see also individual bridges
Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris:
extinguishing of Notre-Dame Cathedral fire and, 328, 330, 331–32, 336–37, 338
motto of, 332
Brigade Fluviale (river police), 146, 214
boats for, 215
bomb-dismantling experts and, 217
candidates for, training and requirements, 214
daily training for, 212
death of Amandine Giraud, 219–20
emergency calls for, 213, 218
employee teams in, 215
as “guardians of the peace,” 212, 219
headquarters, 215
mission of, 211
Notre-Dame Cathedral fire of 2019 and, 336
official souvenirs of, 219
patrolling the Seine with, 212–20
suicides and, 218
as “Swiss Army knife” of the river, 212
tasks of, 211–12
team making rounds on the Seine, 210
British Baileys, 288
Brittany, 144, 296
Brother Magnier, 283
Brunhoff, Laurent de, 241
Buffalo Bill, 66
Burgie, Irving (a.k.a. Lord Burgess), 183
Burgundy, 65, 104, 182
source of the Seine in, 10, 23, 28, 29, 226, 341
Caen, 153, 298
Caillebotte, Gustave, 111, 249, 254, 321
Cals, Adolphe-Félix, 249
Caltanissetta, Sicily, 108–9
Camille Claudel (film), 176
Camus, Albert, 225
Canal de l’Ourcq, 102, 104, 148
Canal Saint-Denis, 156
Canal Saint-Martin, 73, 80, 117
canals, 24, 55, 66, 164, 195, 211, 243, 272, 293, 321
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