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Travel Etc: Grand tours: Hurry up, invent the Eurostar The world's great writers on their adventures in literature. This week, William Makepeace Thackeray goes from Boulogne to Paris

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20010930
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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-63) is best known for his novel `Vanity Fair', which was published in instalments from 1847 to 1847. On several occasions he lived in Paris, either studying art or struggling to make an income as a journalist. The extract below is from one of his early essays.

The French milliner, who occupies one of the corners, begins to remove the greasy pieces of paper which have enveloped her locks during the journey. She withdraws the "Madras" of dubious hue which has bound her head and replaces it by the black velvet bonnet, which, bobbing against your nose, has hung ...

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