title: Scene in France: From A to Z
author:  Meredith Escudier 
description: Meredith Escudiers essays and poetry have appeared in a number of publications: online magazines, literary journals and various anthologies, three of which are currently available on Amazon: Child of My Child, Steeped in the World of Tea and Let Them Eat Crepes. Having spent most of her adult life in Paris, living, loving, working and raising a family, Meredith Escudier enjoys writing about food, language, lifestyles, French folks and the many quirks we all find so fascinating. Today, she divides her time between southern France and her native northern California.
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  # Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, v1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  * [GENERAL INTRODUCTION](im01b_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE OF DESVARENNES](im01b_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. THE GALLEY-SLAVE OF PLEASURE](im01b_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. PIERRE RETURNS](im01b_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. THE RIVALS](im01b_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. A CRITICAL INTERVIEW](im01b_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. A SIGNIFICANT MEETING](im01b_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### GENERAL INTRODUCTION
  
  
  
  
  
    
  1905
  
  
    
  BY ROBERT ARNOT
  
  
    
  The editor-in-chief of the Maison Mazarin—a man of letters who
  
  
  cherishes an enthusiastic yet discriminating love for the literary and
  
  
  artistic glories of France—formed within t