French Riviera
Mediterranean coast of south-east France, the Côte d’Azur. Part of France.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonjour Tristesse | Françoise Sagan | setting | The summer world of the rented villa. |
Sub-places
Bonjour Tristesse — Françoise Sagan (1954)
Source: Bonjour Tristesse · Readwise highlight
Elsa was holding forth about the various festivities taking place along the Riviera, but my father was not listening to her.
- Role: setting
- In the book: The summer is spent at a rented white villa on a Mediterranean promontory, with outings to Cannes and to Saint-Tropez nightclubs; Elsa returns full of the glamorous life she has been leading along the Riviera.
- Why it matters: The sunlit coast is the novel’s whole world. The villa is never located, so the region is as specific as the text allows.