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EPISODE · Nov 9, 2025 · 25 MIN

The Women Who Wrote Paris: 5 French Female Authors You Need to Read

from The Ritual of Reading Podcast · host Alexandra Poppy

Welcome to The Ritual of Reading podcast.This episode is an invitation to walk through Paris in the company of five remarkable women who refused to wait for permission to write. From George Sand’s countryside tenderness to Simone de Beauvoir’s fierce intellect, from Françoise Sagan’s smoky Parisian nights to Muriel Barbery’s lyrical prose and Clara Dupont-Monod’s historical vision—each of these authors claimed her voice in a culture that didn’t always make space for her.We’ll explore how they lived, what they wrote, and why their words still matter. These are the women who shaped French literature not as muses or footnotes, but as creators in their own right—writing Paris into being, one page at a time.Pour yourself a cup of tea, settle in, and let’s meet the women who wrote Paris.Connect with me:Website: ⁠https://theritualofreading.com⁠ Substack: ⁠https://theritualofreading.substack.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ritual_of_reading/⁠ Pinterest: ⁠https://fr.pinterest.com/ritual_of_reading/⁠ Support me on Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/theritualofreading

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