French romance

Amour in Paris

A French romance is a love affair or romantic relationship involving French people or set in France, often evoking associations with passion, sophistication, and sensuality that stereotype French culture.

The phrase also describes a genre of medieval narrative poetry originating in France—tales of chivalry, courtly love, and adventure written in Old French: Chrétien de Troyes wrote the great French romances of Arthurian legend.

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Edith Piaf · Alexandre Dumas · Claude Debussy · George Sand · stolen kisses · flirtation · Montmartre · Seine River · passion · candlelit dinners · red wine · café au lait · Maurice Ravel · Gustave Flaubert · Charles Baudelaire · Marcel Proust · accordion music · intimacy

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French, romance, France, Frenchman, Frenchmen, Frenchwoman, Frenchwomen, romantic, romanticism

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG