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Villejuif- Louis Aragon is the last eastern station on line 7. 

He will reinvent himself again and again — Dadaist provocateur, Surrealist visionary, communist soldier‑poet, Resistance hero, loyal Party intellectual, and finally the man who questioned the very ideology he once defended. 

Sources:

Louis Aragon | Surrealist poet, novelist, playwright | Britannica 

Courte biographie de Louis Aragon 

Biographie de Louis Aragon 

Louis Aragon | The Poetry Foundation 

Louis Aragon – Left in Paris 

ARAGON, Louis (1897-1982) | Le Manuscrit FrançaisLe Manuscrit Français 

Elsa Triolet dans la Résistance - Comité Départemental du Souvenir des Fusillés de Châteaubriant de Nantes et de la Résistance en Loire-Inférieure 

 Triolet, Elsa (1896–1970) | Encyclopedia.com 

Elsa Triolet (Author of Roses à crédit) 

Khrushchev’s secret speech | Facts, Date, & Significance | Britannica 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Aragon 

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Picpus is a station on line 6  

Georges Courteline (1858–1929) was a French satirist, playwright, and novelist, famous for his biting humor and sharp critiques of bureaucracy and middle-class life. 

25 juin 1929 : Mort de Georges Courteline | SavoirsetCulture.fr 

Georges Courteline | Satirist, Playwright, Humorist | Britannica 

Archives of Seine-et-Marne. 

Libre Théâtre 

EBSCO 

L'Officiel des spectacles THEATREonline.com. 

jds.fr 

Babelio SchoolMouv. 

Bibliothèque Numérique TV5MONDE. 

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Goncourt is a station on line 11 

The creation of the Académie Goncourt in 1900 was a response to the Académie Française. Edmond Goncourt had a vision in life that he only saw through in his death. 

Sources: Radio France RFI atlangue.com Académie Goncourt Académie française La Croix Radio France Internationale Sortiraparis.com France 24 Wikipedia CNEWS 

Herodote.net Oxford Academic 

https://www.caminteresse.fr/culture/pourquoi-les-membres-de-lacademie-francaise-sont-ils-surnommes-les-immortels-11194390/ 

University of Central Arkansas 

https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20251104-laurent-mauvignier-wins-france-s-goncourt-literary-prize-for-family-saga 

Did you know? The winner of the Prix Goncourt receives a check for €10. - Sortiraparis.com 

Édition des libertés La France pittoresque 

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Jasmin is a station on line 9  

He is the people’s poet and his language—the lenga d’òc—is not a dialect to be dismissed, but a legacy to be sung. 

Sources 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Jasmin 

https://fracademic.com/dic.nsf/frwiki/842114 

https://www.biographies.net/people/en/jacques_jasmin 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Occitan-language 

Félibrige | Occitan culture, Provençal language & Frédéric Mistral | Britannica 

Snippets of Paris 

Playback.fm 

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Victor Hugo is a station on line 2  

A literary force in French culture and politics, Victor Hugo’s speeches against poverty, censorship, and execution became the moral backbone of Les Misérables. Published in 1862, It became a sensation all over Europe and America transforming political battles into timeless literature. 

Victor Hugo: Life, Political Career, & Major Works 

Victor Hugo: An Influential Life of Political Passion - Books Tell You ... 

The Life and Works of Victor Hugo - The Self Help Library 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo 

Victor Hugo What History YouTube  

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victor-Hugo 

https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/fictions-samedi-noir/cycle-alexandre-dumas-3-3-une-amitie-capitale-correspondance-victor-hugo-alexandre-dumas-2738061 

https://victorhugoinguernsey.gg/family-and-friends/alexandre-dumas-visits-victor-hugo-in-guernsey-in-1857/ 

Did Victor Hugo and his wife have an open marriage? – Marva Barnett Marva Barnett 

The Conversation cas d'intérêt - Reflections of a Francophile 

Everything Explained Today 

https://writingstudio.co.za/crafting-a-classic-how-victor-hugo-wrote-les-miserables/ 

Book Analysis editions-h2t.fr nlsnorwegian.no. 

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Alexandre Dumas is a station on line 2  

Alexandre Dumas didn’t just write heroes—he performed them. He was Edmond Dantès in exile, Athos in elegance, d’Artagnan in bravado. 

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss | Goodreads 

https://historychronicler.com/thomas-alexandre-dumas-a-life-of-daring-and-glory/ 

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Writings_of_Alexandre_Dumas/Reign 

France 24 History News Network 

https://lyceedesmetiersparentis.fr/posts/alexandre-dumas-enfants-19558 

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/france-in-focus/20240625-racism-ruin-resounding-success-the-epic-life-of-french-author-alexandre-dumas 

Le Mousquetaire – Corpus des journaux alexandredumas.org, Un mousquetaire du journalisme – Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté OpenEdition Books 

France Mémoire – Dumas and Napoleon III 

https://www.senscritique.com/liste/Les_Adaptations_au_Cinema_Alexandre_Dumas/2008567 

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-importance-of-alexandre-dumas-on-cinema/ 

https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/how-alexandre-dumass-novels-have-been-adapted-in-performing-arts 

https://faqabout.me/iam/alexandre-dumas/how-did-alexandre-dumas-influence-popular-culture-49722 

SensCritique 

Far Out Magazine 

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Rueilly- Diderot is a station on line 8 and line 1.  

Denis Diderot was no ordinary philosopher. Provocative, and endlessly curious, with a writing style that danced between satire, dialogue, and philosophical paradox. He was the beating heart of the Enlightenment-voluble, passionate, and utterly uncontainable. 

Catherine & Diderot — Harvard University Press 

Denis Diderot (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Diderot 

Denis Diderot | Biography, Philosophy, Works, Beliefs, Enlightenment, & Facts | Britannica 

The Man Who Questioned Everything | Lynn Hunt | The New York Review of Books 

Diderot — Andrew S. Curran 

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Voltaire is a station on line 9 

Writer and Philosopher, Francois-Marie Arouet lived through Enlightenment Europe, known more famously as Voltaire.  

Virgil | Biography, Aeneid, & Facts | Britannica 

Voltaire | Biography, Works, Philosophy, Ideas, Beliefs, & Facts ... 

Voltaire - World History Encyclopedia 

Voltaire | World History - Lumen Learning 

10 Voltaire Accomplishments and Achievements - Have Fun With History 

Essai women - Voltaire Foundation 

https://www.britannica.com/event/Enlightenment-European-history 

Voltaire in Love: The Improbable Power Couple of the Chateau de Cirey 

Voltaire Anecdotes and Tales of His Life - geriwalton.com 

https://www.britannica.com/summary/The-Enlightenment-Timeline 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Candide-by-Voltaire 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Voltaire 

Voltaire - What History – YouTube 

Voltaire L'esprit des Lumières - Les docs de La grande librairie 

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Malakoff – Rue Etienne Dolet is a station on line 13  

Etienne Dolet became one of France’s first martyrs of free thought.  

Sources: 

Calvinism in France and the Netherlands – Wilcuma 

The Long, Forgotten Reformation in France | Desiring God 

Luther and Calvin - Lutheran Reformation 

The Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther, Calvinism, And European Upheaval 

Étienne Dolet | Humanist, Translator, Martyr | Britannica 

Cicero | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 

Cicero - Roman Law, Oratory, Philosophy | Britannica 

Étienne Dolet - Wikipedia 

https://www.bude-orleans.org/Theme-Orleanais/Dolet-Femmes.html 

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In season 2 of Metro Stop Podcast, we will be stopping by 16 Century and then passing through two stations celebrating two architects of the enlightenment.  Then some of the most celebrated writers in French history, whose influence has rippled through pop culture to this day.  

In this introduction, I give some historical context to the age of enlightenment. 

Sources:  

The Enlightenment (1650-1800): Major Events | SparkNotes 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Deism 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Toland#ref184189 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Montesquieu#ref253715 

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