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The term "Parisian" in literature is a flexible epithet that evokes not just a geographical origin but a whole cultural and stylistic identity. In some works it paints vivid portraits of the city's social life—the bustling cafés of Michelet’s regency Paris ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5]) and the distinctive ambience of Parisian weather noted by Napoleon and others ([6], [7], [8]). In other texts, "Parisian" characterizes both people and institutions, from the refined manners and urbane air of a true Parisian ([9], [10], [11]) to the reputation of the celebrated Parisian police ([12], [13], [14], [15]). Occasionally, the adjective carries ironic or critical overtones, hinting at peculiar attitudes or stereotypes as observed by Poe and Stendhal ([16], [17], [18], [19]). Overall, authors use "Parisian" to conjure a world of art, elegance, and sometimes paradox, making it a resonant marker of both style and social commentary within the literary landscape.
  1. Michelet, the historian, has given us a rhapsodic pen picture of the Parisian cafés under the regency: Paris became one vast café.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  2. Early Parisian coffee houses.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  3. [Pg 94] The Progenitor of the Real Parisian Café
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  4. 1672—Pascal, an Armenian, first sells coffee publicly at St. Germain's fair, Paris, and opens the first Parisian coffee house.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  5. He busied himself largely in playing chess, a favorite recreation of the early Parisian coffee-house patrons.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  6. Here we are enjoying Parisian weather of the last fortnight in May.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  7. Madrid 273 Parisian weather 273 No. 8.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  8. Parisian weather of the last fortnight in May.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  9. I am twenty-six years old and a Parisian, a true Parisian.
    — from Bliss, and other stories by Katherine Mansfield
  10. As for Passepartout, he was a true Parisian of Paris.
    — from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
  11. "Yes; a Parisian of Paris.
    — from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
  12. “The Parisian police,” he said, “are exceedingly able in their way.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
  13. The Prefect made unusual exertions; and the powers of the whole Parisian police were, of course, tasked to the utmost extent.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
  14. The Parisian police, so much extolled for acumen , are cunning, but no more.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
  15. “The Parisian police,” he said, “are exceedingly able in their way.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
  16. His reputation—so he said with a peculiarly Parisian air—was at stake.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
  17. Must every great capital be like this, or has it to do with the good nature and light heart of the Parisian?
    — from On Love by Stendhal
  18. The Florentine bourgeois has more sheepish docility than the Parisian.
    — from On Love by Stendhal
  19. The silliest little Parisian would have made more effect.
    — from On Love by Stendhal

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