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Francophile

A Francophile Is Born

Leigh Flayton | Posted 10.27.2012 | Women
Read More: Anais Nin, Private-Benjamin, 1980s, Goldie Hawn, France, Lacoste, French, Globalization, Foreign Exchange Students, Francophile, Nouvelle Vague, Paris, Armand Assante, Women News
Leigh Flayton

In late summer 1981, an incredible rumor spread among the kids in my small Long Island town: Our seventh grade class was getting a French exchange student that year.

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Voila! Holiday Gifts for the Francophile On Your List

Stephanie Green | Posted 02.01.2012 | Style
Read More: Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Shopping, Gift Guide for Francophile, Francophile, Gift Guide, Holiday Gift Guide, Style News
Stephanie Green

The Francophile, or those with haute inclinations, can make holiday shopping très tricky for Santa.

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La Fin: Reflections on a Semester in Paris

Julia Neyman | Posted 05.30.2011 | Travel
Read More: French, Columbia Law, Wine, Columbia University, Francophile, France, Multiculturalism, Paris, Eiffel Tower, Study Abroad, Culture Shock, Travel News
Julia Neyman

Our French misadventure started nobly with planned visits to the Louvre and ended, as one of us aptly put it, "in a haze of wine, smoke and ATM withdrawals." We were decadent, hedonistic and careless.

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Letter From Paris: Books with French Twists

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: France, Paris, Laurel Zuckerman, Sorbonne Confidential, French Milk, French Language, Expat, Francophile, Lucy Kinsley, Books, World News
Beth Arnold

Sorbonne Confidential is the fictionalized story of Laurel Zuckerman's actual experience working to become a teacher of English in the maddening French school system.

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