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Janet Flanner

Born

in Indianapolis, Indiana, The United States

March 13, 1892

Died

November 07, 1978

Genre

Nonfiction, Fiction

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Janet Tyler Flanner was an American writer and journalist who served as the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 until she retired in 1975.
She wrote under the pen name "Genêt". and published a single novel, "The Cubical City", set in New York City. ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 844 ratings · 114 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors

	Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939 3.89 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1972 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris Journal, 1944-1955: The Celebrated New Yorker Letter from Paris on Postwar Arts and Politics by Janet Flanner, William Shawn 4.23 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings 1932 - 1975 by Janet Flanner, William Shawn (Preface), Irving Drutman (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cubical City 3.27 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1974 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darlinghissima: Letters To A Friend 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris Journal, 1965-70: A Parisian Perspective on Political, Social, and Artistic Flux in Mid-Century France 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men and Monuments really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris Journal, 1944-1965 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1965 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris est une Guerre. 1940-1945 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An American in Paris; profile of an interlude between two wars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She had storms all her life, but she died peacefully.”
― Janet Flanner, Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939

tags: death, peace, storms, suzanne-lenglen

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“In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums.”
― Janet Flanner, Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939

tags: art, bread, cost-of-living

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“She felt about a love set as a painter does about his masterpiece; each ace serve was a form of brushwork to her, and her fantastically accurate shot-placing was certainly a study in composition.”
― Janet Flanner, Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939

tags: metaphor, painting, suzanne-lenglen, tennis

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What non-fiction book would you like to read for August?

Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jared Cade

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The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves

4 votes, 26.7%

Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939 by Janet Flanner

2 votes, 13.3%

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent

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Queen of Bohemia: The Life of Louise Bryant by Mary V. Dearborn

1 vote, 6.7%

The Great Good Place: American Expatriate Women in Paris by William Wiser

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Debs at War by Anne de Courcy

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