Today was a day of glory for my mailbox :D 7 cards have arrived written and stamped ( see below :D) plus two envelopes , one from Sicily (Italy ) with 5 cards and one from Serbia with 17 (!) cards ! So today I will present all 7 and tomorrow I'll choose some from my envelopes to show you !( Or maybe the day after :D) . This is an official from France , from a lovely village in the north east ! Although a small place it has appeared in literature twice :
1. Lawrence Stern has visited the town in 1765 ! His visit was recounted in his novel " A sentimental journey through France and Italy ".
2. Montreuil was the setting for much of the early part of Victor Hugo's novel " Les Miserables".The novel's main character Jean Valjean served as a mayor there and also owned a big factory ! The town was the setting also for much of early conflict of Valjean and his antagonist Javert , as well as the birthplace of Fantine !
Tres tres belle carte-postale y merci beaucoup a Sylvain .....
1. Lawrence Stern has visited the town in 1765 ! His visit was recounted in his novel " A sentimental journey through France and Italy ".
2. Montreuil was the setting for much of the early part of Victor Hugo's novel " Les Miserables".The novel's main character Jean Valjean served as a mayor there and also owned a big factory ! The town was the setting also for much of early conflict of Valjean and his antagonist Javert , as well as the birthplace of Fantine !
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