Fleurus

French gentleman called Fleurus, who had begun his career as a notary, but, finding that profession unprofitable, had become a hunter of pedigrees and heirs-at-law -- for the most part to insignificant legacies, unclaimed stock, and all other jetsam and flotsam thrown up on the shadowy shores of the Court of Chancery.

Charlotte's Inheritance 1875

Why, I know a fellow, a Frenchman, called Fleurus, who will take as much trouble about a few hundred pounds 'worth of unclaimed stock as this man,

Charlotte's Inheritance 1875

The original site of legendary literary matron Sylvia Beach, a magnet for English-speaking expats like Hemingway, Fitzgerald and the Irish James Joyce, was on the rue de l'Odeon not far from 27 rue de Fleurus where Gertrude Stein, writer, art collector and friend of Picasso lived with lover Alice B. Toklas â and who is featured in Allen's film played by Kathy Bates.

Woody Allen's Paris AP 2011

The other is a bit earlier, from 1911, and shows long-necked Alice Toklas and stalwart, round Gertrude Stein -- both yet young -- rooted and relaxed together in favorite facing chairs of the fabled sitting room/salon at 27 Rue de Fleurus; no hype, just two people who know each other fully.

Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue: SFMOMA's The Steins Collect Documents a Life of Art Collecting Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue 2011

The original site of legendary literary matron Sylvia Beach, a magnet for English-speaking expats like Hemingway, Fitzgerald and the Irish James Joyce, was on the rue de l'Odeon not far from 27 rue de Fleurus where Gertrude Stein, writer, art collector and friend of Picasso lived with lover Alice B. Toklas – and who is featured in Allen's film played by Kathy Bates.

Woody Allen's Paris AP 2011

The original site of legendary literary matron Sylvia Beach, a magnet for English-speaking expats like Hemingway, Fitzgerald and the Irish James Joyce, was on the rue de l'Odeon not far from 27 rue de Fleurus where Gertrude Stein, writer, art collector and friend of Picasso lived with lover Alice B. Toklas – and who is featured in Allen's film played by Kathy Bates.

Woody Allen's Paris AP 2011

His sister Gertrude, two years younger, joined him in 1903, in an atelier-apartment at 27 rue de Fleurus, on the Left Bank.

One Family's Adventures With Art Judy Fayard 2011

The other is a bit earlier, from 1911, and shows long-necked Alice Toklas and stalwart, round Gertrude Stein -- both yet young -- rooted and relaxed together in favorite facing chairs of the fabled sitting room/salon at 27 Rue de Fleurus; no hype, just two people who know each other fully.

Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue: SFMOMA's The Steins Collect Documents a Life of Art Collecting Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue 2011

Displayed in separate nooks, a fascinating array of photos and memorabilia document the Stein's vie bohème and their renowned Saturday salons—early evening at rue Madame and later at rue de Fleurus, where the crowd was as likely to include Hemingway and Fitzgerald as the artists whose works hung on the walls.

One Family's Adventures With Art Judy Fayard 2011

The original site of legendary literary matron Sylvia Beach, a magnet for English-speaking expats like Hemingway, Fitzgerald and the Irish James Joyce, was on the rue de l'Odeon not far from 27 rue de Fleurus where Gertrude Stein, writer, art collector and friend of Picasso lived with lover Alice B. Toklas â and who is featured in Allen's film played by Kathy Bates.

Woody Allen's Paris AP 2011