4. NOVELIST
Denis Diderot
•Denis Diderot (October 5,
1713 – July 31, 1784) was a
French philosopher, art critic,
and writer. He was a prominent
person during the
Enlightenment and is best
known for serving as co-
founder and chief editor of and
contributor to the Encyclopedia.
• Diderot's earliest works
included a translation of
Temple Stanyan's History of
Greece (1743)
5. Paul Verlaine:
• was a French poet associated with the
Symbolist movement. He is considered
one of the greatest representatives of the
fin de siècle in international and French
poetry.
• Verlaine's first published poem was
published in 1863 in La Revue du
progress, a publication founded by poet
Louis-Xavier de Ricard.
• Verlaine's last years saw his descent into
drug addiction, alcoholism, and poverty.
He lived in slums and public hospitals,
and spent his days drinking absinthe in
Paris cafes. Fortunately, the French
people's love of the arts was able to
resurrect support and bring in an income
for Verlaine: his early poetry was
rediscovered, his lifestyle and strange
behavior in front of crowds attracted
admiration, and in 1894 he was elected
France's "Prince of Poets" by his peers.
6. France’s Economy
• France is the 5th largest economy in the
world.
• France is the second largest economy in
Europe.
• France now uses euro’s , before it used to
use franc’s which they stopped using in
2001-2002.
• France has 3rd largest economy in the PPP
figures France is behind Germany and the
United Kingdom
9. • The language of France is
French.
• 86% of France’s population
speak French
• In total 39,360,000 speak
French.
• The other 14% of the
population speak different
10. ARCHITECTURE
•Baroque is a
building that is
surrounded by water
and it has a castle
like view.
•Some of the famous
architecture from
France is the Eiffel
tour and the Arc de
triomphe.