{"id":863,"date":"2009-01-05T16:34:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T20:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/?p=863"},"modified":"2012-12-24T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T19:58:39","slug":"victor-hugo%e2%80%99s-paris-comes-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/05\/victor-hugo%e2%80%99s-paris-comes-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Hugo\u2019s Paris Comes to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/paris-victor-hugo-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of Victor Hugo\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/paris-victor-hugo-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/paris-victor-hugo.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><strong> Victor Hugo captured 19th century Paris like few others, taking readers down her Mediaeval side streets and atop her most famous cathedrals.<\/strong> Hugo revealed a Paris much like Dickens\u2019 London, a place where the beauty of the city is covered by the grit and grime of abject poverty. Contemporary visitors to <a title=\"Tips to Visit Paris\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/paris\/\">Paris<\/a> have a hard time imagining the struggles of post-Napoleonic France while shopping along the Champs-Elysees or dining at a caf\u00e9 along the river Seine. However two special exhibitions, running all January long, bring the words of Hugo\u2019s Paris to life and add insights into the city of light today. New York Habitat has dozens of available <a title=\"Apartments for rent in Paris\" href=\"\/paris-apartment\/furnished\">apartments in the modern Paris<\/a>, far from the cramped quarters that defined Hugo\u2019s era.<\/p>\n<p>Two museums, the Mus\u00e9e Carnavalet and the Maison de Victor Hugo, illuminate the history, social commentary, and spirit of Victor Hugo\u2019s masterpiece. The exhibition at the Maison de Victor Hugo, in the <a title=\"Travel tips about the 4th arrondissement of Paris\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/paris\/paris-travel-guide\/paris-neighborhoods\/notre-dame-hotel-ville\/\">4th arrondissement<\/a>, focuses directly on the melange of history and fiction within the novel, examining the work through the voices of its characters. The Mus\u00e9e Carnavalet, in the <a title=\"Travel tips about the 3rd arrondissement of Paris\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/paris\/paris-travel-guide\/paris-neighborhoods\/marais\/\">3rd arrondissement<\/a>, offering focuses on Paris, ultimately the vital main character guiding the Les Mis\u00e9rables narrative. <strong>Visitors explore a city at the crossroads of modernity and tradition, open to changes of the future yet encapsulated in the medieval alleyways and narrow lanes of the city\u2019s architecture. <\/strong>The two exhibitions are in easy walking distance of each other, and like wine and cheese, are best when paired together.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After visiting the two exhibits visitors will be glad to be tourists in today\u2019s Paris instead of Hugo\u2019s. New York Habitat has <a title=\"Accommodations in Paris\" href=\"\/paris-apartment\/vacation\">Paris accommodations<\/a> that blend the architectural history of the city with the comforts of modern Europe. Below are a few highlighted accommodations available during January:<\/p>\n<p>-This <a title=\"Paris Accommodation: 1-bedroom rental in Marais - Les Halles (PA-227)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/paris-apartment\/furnished\/227\">1-bedroom rental apartment in Marais-Les Halles (PA-227)<\/a> is in the heart of Hugo\u2019s historic old stomping grounds and steps from the world-class contemporary Centre Pompidou museum.<\/p>\n<p>-This <a title=\"Paris Accommodation: 2-bedroom rental in Opera- Le Louvre (PA-2961)\" href=\"\/paris-apartment\/furnished\/2961\">2-bedroom apartment rental in Opera-Le Louvre (PA-2961)<\/a> is bright, contemporary and spacious. Just blocks from the world-famous Louvre museum.<\/p>\n<p>Once you see these exhibits comment below on your favorite parts of Hugo&#8217;s world in Paris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Hugo captured 19th century Paris like few others, taking readers down her Mediaeval side streets and atop her most famous cathedrals. 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