Ian Coller
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520260641
- eISBN:
- 9780520947542
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520260641.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
The plurality of origins and experiences in this chapter was the key difference between the milieu in Paris and that of Marseille. Where the Marseillais Arab population had arrived in a large convoy, ...
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The plurality of origins and experiences in this chapter was the key difference between the milieu in Paris and that of Marseille. Where the Marseillais Arab population had arrived in a large convoy, attracting further immigrants in subsequent years, the Arab population of Paris had accrued more gradually. In the middle years of the decade, and particularly after the retirement of so many Arab soldiers in 1804, a trickle of new arrivals flowed in from Melun and Marseille. Where the Arab population in Marseille was concentrated in clusters, and structured by institutions such as the Council of Refugees, religious services, and the Arabic-language course, the Parisian milieu was far more scattered, in a way that was typical of the metropolis itself. It may be that some of the new arrivals were seeking a certain anonymity: a case of adultery lay behind the arrival of at least one couple.Less
The plurality of origins and experiences in this chapter was the key difference between the milieu in Paris and that of Marseille. Where the Marseillais Arab population had arrived in a large convoy, attracting further immigrants in subsequent years, the Arab population of Paris had accrued more gradually. In the middle years of the decade, and particularly after the retirement of so many Arab soldiers in 1804, a trickle of new arrivals flowed in from Melun and Marseille. Where the Arab population in Marseille was concentrated in clusters, and structured by institutions such as the Council of Refugees, religious services, and the Arabic-language course, the Parisian milieu was far more scattered, in a way that was typical of the metropolis itself. It may be that some of the new arrivals were seeking a certain anonymity: a case of adultery lay behind the arrival of at least one couple.
Elizabeth Harlan
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300104172
- eISBN:
- 9780300130560
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300104172.003.0011
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature
This chapter focuses on the period in which Sophie and Aurore were invited to the country home of Angele and James Roettiers Du Plessis. The Du Plessis country home was a Louis XVI villa at Le ...
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This chapter focuses on the period in which Sophie and Aurore were invited to the country home of Angele and James Roettiers Du Plessis. The Du Plessis country home was a Louis XVI villa at Le Plessis-Picard, near Melun. Enchanted by the lushly landscaped park and the acres of meadows grazed by livestock from a neighbor's farm, Aurore immediately felt at home in the Du Plessis family. The feeling of comfort was reciprocal, and what began as a brief visit turned into an extended stay. Madame Angele, twenty-seven and prematurely gray, and seventeen-year-old Aurore took an instant liking to each other. Angele and James, whom Aurore soon took to calling mother and father, were a happy, caring couple, and the warmth of their family was irresistible to Aurore, starved as she was for domestic harmony.Less
This chapter focuses on the period in which Sophie and Aurore were invited to the country home of Angele and James Roettiers Du Plessis. The Du Plessis country home was a Louis XVI villa at Le Plessis-Picard, near Melun. Enchanted by the lushly landscaped park and the acres of meadows grazed by livestock from a neighbor's farm, Aurore immediately felt at home in the Du Plessis family. The feeling of comfort was reciprocal, and what began as a brief visit turned into an extended stay. Madame Angele, twenty-seven and prematurely gray, and seventeen-year-old Aurore took an instant liking to each other. Angele and James, whom Aurore soon took to calling mother and father, were a happy, caring couple, and the warmth of their family was irresistible to Aurore, starved as she was for domestic harmony.
