French Novels in Literary Tourism The classic novels of France have a central theme that repeatedly deals with modern urban culture in a serious way. This theme is expressed through the development of the French novel in the nineteenth century in a way which is quite different from English literature in the same period. The realist writer, Balzac (1799-1850), for example presents a series of novels that chart life in Paris after the fall of Napoleon in 1815 which is very different in approach from the writing of Charles Dickens (1812-70). Ultimately, this does have an effect on literary tourism associated with these writers today. Even though Dickens is examining London life in the nineteenth century their literary styles are very different; Dickens uses humour and irony whereas Balzac tackles the issues of class in a more direct, unforgiving manner. Using a non-comedic approach, like Balzac, Zola (1840-1902) embarks on a self-declared, serious scientific...
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