The Paris event followed a four-day program in Rennes with literary seminars and workshops, readings, concerts, award presentations, and exhibitions. In the autumn of 1925, when he was 28, William Faulkner lived in Paris at 26 rue Serbandoni near the Luxembourg Gardens where he spent much of his time. William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi and lived most of his life in the small, college town, Oxford, Mississippi. It is presented by the Mississippi Commission for International Cultural Exchange, Inc. and will feature treasures from Versailles numbering approximately 140 objects including sculpture, paintings, furniture, clocks, carpets, tapestries, musical instruments, porcelains, bronzes, books, globes, wall panels, jewelry, toys, silver, and a chandelier. Treasures from the Grand Trianon, and the Petit Trianon will also be shown.
Tickets are for a specific date and time.
Special discount rates apply to all groups of twenty people or more. Splendors of Versailles, P.O. Box 2447, Jackson, MS, USA 39225-2447.